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"hmmp! Uhp!" The burning feeling whenever the silver chains scratch my skin intensify when I try to shake my hand, they bind me so tightly like an animal they afraid to lose.

"Should we put her in the cage instead? She keeps moving, if we let it continues before tonight, her value will fall." I heard unfamiliar voices.

"Tsk, how persistent." I heard his heavy step as he walk toward me, he yanked the thing cover my eyes without gentleness, "loosen up a bit, it's your lost if no one wanted to buy you. You see, omega without buyer will end up in our boss's brothel."

B-brothel?

"If you end up there, you will entertain different men, not only Alphas but everyone who like to taste you." There is something in his tone of voice that give me chill, like just thinking about everything he said excite him.

My body stiffed, I remembered how my mother done it every single day. Tears started to fall down again, the situation I tried to escape was in front of me once again.

Waiting for me to gradually fall to the same pit where my mother forgotten to pull herself to escape... Until she lost everything even her dignity, life and freedom.

I almost imagine my mother face laughing at me, for thinking I can change the path even though I'm like her.

——Like what the man said, they put me in a big cage... Wrapped in a big white veil, leaving only darkness... Not letting me see the outside.

"Get her ready, she's third on the list." A woman voice said in front of the cage where I'm in, I immediately open my eyes.

Did I fall asleep? How many hours had passed?

Suddenly the thing wrapping the cage finally fall down on the floor.

I shut my eyes from the sudden brightness in the surrounding, it hurt my eyes.

"Change her clothes, make sure you clean her and make her look presentable. We can't disappoint the guests tonight," she look at me carefully, "we're talking about millions of dollar here."

"Yes ma'am." Another woman said and waved her hand to the man who's guarding the entrance to unlock the cage.

She walk toward me and try to hold my arm but I dodge it and slip in the corner, I saw how her eyes quiver. "Come on, don't make it hard for the both of us. I'm also omega, trust me." She said.

One of the men outside scoffed, "just pull her and don't act like a good person with damn gentleness here, do your job immediately or else you will end up being in the cage too."

She bite her lower lips and look at me pleadingly, "come on, your life will be better once someone buy you. Trust me, having an owner is much easier." She murmured, trying to convince me to trust her.

She extended her hand, waiting for me to accept it. I look at it, and as I stare to her fingers—it's shaking.

I accept it reluctantly, as if agreeing to whatever she's planning. Though, even I don't want any of this, I have no choice to begin with.

From the shower until she offer a new clothes, she's watching me carefully. "After you put the clothes, sit here so I can comb your hair." She give me a weary smile, I just nodded and didn't say anything.

"You know, my sister have the same fate like you. Three years ago, our step-father sale us not because we have some debt to pay off but our brother needs some medication." The smile on her face didn't leave in her lips, as if it still fascinate her to reminiscing what happened.

I want to say something but I can blurted out easily, all I can do is look at her in the mirror, she also look at me while combing my hair.

"You'll be fine." She caress my hair gently, the sleeve of her jacket slip and I see the bruises in her arm. How can she said that I will be fine when she's not?

"Oli, take her out now. The second bidding is almost over, hurry!" The familiar voice of the man said.

"Let's go, it will be over soon." She encourage me as she guided me outside of the room and put me in the cage once again.

I hold her hand tightly and stare directly in her eyes, I want to say something too. Like, I'm thankful and say something to lessen her burden... That if I'm her sister, I'm proud of her for keeping her sanity in this kind of environment.

But time didn't give me a chance to put all those thoughts in words, some men already pull me away from her.

Once again, I see how she keeping her cool not to stop them... Not to save me from this abyss.

I shook my head and giving her my genuine smile—for the first time in years.

"The third subject, female omega based on our study still untouched. Bidding start from 10 million dollars!" As the man in mask holding the mic announced it, my cage received the spotlight.

One of the guests raised his hand holding something, "20 million dollars!" He shouted, sound like an old man based on his voice.

My vision started to blurry as I look around, everyone wearing a mask except me and the other omega whom will be sold tonight.

I shut my eyes tightly, what will happened to me?

"35 million dollars!"

"Still untouched, having a untouched omega is rare! 40 million dollars!"

My body started to shiver, why would they buy someone like me with much money? It's scary to know what will they do to me once the bidding is done.

"Hundred million dollars!" I immediately raised my head when the old man voice echoed, some even gasped, the deafening silence remain until the emcee repeat his bid while stuttering.

"Hundred million, going twice, going trice?" He asked and look around.

Hundred million is too much, and hearing someone willing to buy me with it—make me realized that there is some insane people out there.

"Bidding close, congratulations number 9. Subject 3 is yours, we will guide you later about the payment. Thank you!"

Everyone clapped their hands, as the man with white hair stood up and went with the representative who will assist him about the payment.

"Congratulations," Oli said as they take me out to the cage, "here, from now on, you need to wear this collar as distinction that you already have an owner."

"W-what do you mean?" I ask looking at the collar confused.

"No one will try to kidnap and sell you again, this is why I said that it's better to have an owner." She smile at me warmly.

I look at her neck, she's not wearing one.

"The payment is settled, you can take her to the lobby. Assist her carefully, she bring us hundred million." She look at me and smirked.

Unlike Oli who can sympathize us omega, this woman only care about the money.

As we talk toward the lobby, I saw the old man standing in front of the entrance waiting for us. He smile when he finally see us, "she's beautiful, hundred million is worth it, right?"

He glanced at Oli while saying those, Oli immediately nodded as agreed to what he said.

"To be honest, she's the prettiest omega we have tonight. Your lucky, Mr?"

"Rusco, I'm Greg Rusco." He extend his hand without hesitation, even though we are both omega...

"Mr. Rusco, congratulations!" Oli accept his hand and shake it.

Mr. Rusco side eyes me, "so, let's go?" He also extended his hand, but this time—

it's like, he's waiting for me to accept that he will be my owner from now on, that I'll be his forever.