로그인BLURB They sold me for five million dollars but two wolves paid ten million, and now I belong to both of them for six months. My name is Beatrice, three days ago my mate sold me at auction to pay gambling debts he created while I secretly ran our pack and kept us from collapsing. He called me defective because I couldn’t give him children. That was his lie to hide his own failures and I let him spread it because the truth would make me a target for something worse than a bad marriage. Now I stand in a billionaire's penthouse owned by Vincent who bought me for revenge and Christopher who bought me because we were friends when we were children before I disappeared to escape a fate I would rather die than accept. Vincent treats me like a fascinating problem to solve and Christopher treats me like fragile glass that might shatter and neither one understands that I already broke years ago and put myself back together. Six months with two wolves who both want to own me in different ways, six months to plan what happens when the contract ends, six months to remember that before I was property I was a person who survived impossible things and I can survive this too. But somewhere between business dinners where Vincent watches me like I might be worth more than he paid and late nights where Christopher reminds me what it felt like to be seen as human, something dangerous is happening. I am starting to want things beyond survival and wanting things means having things to lose. They think they bought a broken Luna who will be grateful for rescue. They are about learning that surviving taught me to be something more dangerous than broken.
더 보기Beatrice's POVMorning light wakes me and for a moment I forget where I am until I see the unfamiliar ceiling and remember everything. The auction, the sale, Vincent and Christopher, ten million dollars, six months in this cage.Someone knocks on my door soft but persistent."Beatrice? Are you awake?" Christopher's voice carries worry like he expects to find me broken.I pull on a robe that costs more than anything I have ever owned and open the door. Christopher stands there with coffee and dark circles under his eyes like he did not sleep either."Vincent wants to meet in an hour," he says, offering the mug. "Business discussion about tomorrow's event."The coffee is perfect and that annoys me because I don't want Christopher to still remember how I take my coffee after ten years. "What kind of business discussion?""He wants to explain expectations for the gala: people to expect, what to say and not say." Christopher shifts uncomfortably. "Vincent likes everyone prepared.""Prepare
Beatrice's POVThe contract room smells like expensive paper and permanent decisions. I sit across from Vincent while Christopher hovers nearby looking like he wants to apologize for everything that brought us here.Sandra spreads documents across the table in neat rows. "Standard joint purchase agreement, six months duration with option to extend. Both buyers share equal authority. Lot 23, please review section four before signing."Section four lists my new life affairs. I’ll live in Vincent's penthouse, attend functions as requested, not contact my former pack, not leave without permission, and obey all reasonable commands from either owner."Define reasonable," I say, because vague language always hides traps.Vincent leans back in his chair looking almost pleased by the question. "Attending business dinners, representing my company appropriately, not discussing our arrangement publicly. Am not going to demand anything degrading, if that concerns you.""And if I disagree about wha
Beatrice's POVThe auction house sends a car at dawn, black with windows so dark I cannot see the driver's face, and I climb inside carrying nothing because everything I own belongs to Desmond and taking it would be stealing from my future buyer.Sandra meets me at the service entrance wearing a business suit and a smile that would look friendly if her eyes were not so empty. "Beatrice of Crescent Moon Pack, Lot 23, welcome. Follow me please."She leads me through corridors that smell like fear disguised as luxury, I pass rooms where I glimpse other people waiting to be sold. A young man sits on a chair staring at nothing. An older woman applies makeup with trembling hands. My preparation room has soft furniture and expensive lighting but the door locks from outside."You have three hours until processing," Sandra says. "Hair and makeup artists arrive in one hour. The bathroom is through that door.. don't leave this room."After she leaves I sit on the plush chair and pull out my pho
Beatrice's POVThe accounting software crashed for the third time tonight and I want to throw my laptop through the window, but windows in the Alpha residence are expensive and I am the one who will have to explain the repair costs to pack elders who already think I waste money.Instead I restart the program and pull up the financial reports Richard sent this morning with a note that just says, We need to talk about the Alpha accounts, which is Beta code for disaster.The pack house echoes with music and laughter from Desmond's flirtatious gathering which he calls getting drunk with friends while I work late in my office pretending everything is fine. April knocks on my door carrying coffee."Luna Beatrice, you should eat something," she says, setting the mug on my desk carefully. "You have been up here since dawn.""The numbers are wrong." I scroll through transactions that make less sense the longer I look at them. "Five million dollars moved out of pack reserves over six months and
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