Live or Die

Chills ran down my spine, and everything inside me froze. “That's... that's your offer?” I choked out.

Alpha Kaan nodded. “You must know that they can either join my army or die. I doubt that they'll choose to join so…”

My whole body began to rattle. All my life, I wanted to be free. I thought that I had regained that freedom three years ago, and now I was going to lose it again? I looked at my cuffed hand and suddenly felt as if I were underwater, drowning. Was I bound to live my life in chains? As this man's PET? I fisted my hands and shook my head. “That's not enough,” I said, locking my eyes on his.

He held my stare for several heartbeats, then chuckled. “Not enough?”

I sucked in a sharp breath. “You have to release at least a dozen people for me to stay.”

He laughed hard and loud, and I flinched. I knew that I was playing with fire. I had no value for him. He wanted me because of a whim. But if I was about to lose my freedom, I had to try.

There was a beat of silence before his m