The Auction

The crease on his forehead, hushed howls of the wind, and the quiet whispers of the pack were all indication that everyone could feel his anger, and were walking on egg shells afraid of being on the receiving end of it.

His emotions always somehow had something to do with the weather.

“I think you should calm down a bit. The walls are vibrating, and your anger is affecting us all”. James groaned, walking into his best friend’s office. 

Alpha Dario’s emotions affected everyone in the 25 packs. If he was angry, happy, or sad, everyone in the 25 realms could feel it through the mind link. So, he had mastered the art of sealing his emotions, and had been doing a very good job at it, until now when he got information that there was an auctioning of beings going on, and that the auctioning had never stopped despite the ban, oath and sacrifices he made to stop it.  

“Calm down? My alphas are going against everything I stand for by disobeying me and organizing these auctions. I’ve sacrificed so much to stop the barbaric acts, and I won’t let anyone start them again”. Alpha Dario said, a low growl escaping his lips as paced around the office, his anger still very much present. 

“Summon Tega and Amelia here right now, we leave in 15 minutes”. He said as he sighed and closed his eyes, trying to calm his anger.

“I’ll bring that place to the ground today. They will be sorry. Very sorry for their disobedience”. He said, and swallowed another growl that threatened to escape, knowing fully well that the children could feel his anger too. 

“Okay Alpha”. James sighed knowing that there was nothing much he could do to appease Dario right now. He needed to inform the others immediately, as he knew very well that the calm exterior Dario had right now was a lie. 

Calm Dario meant the worst. 

In less than 10 minutes, they had gathered in Alpha  Dario’s office, ready to follow him to follow him to the ends of the earth if he told them to. 

In the blink of an eye, he transforms into his wolf and was out the door knowing fully well that the others were right behind him. 

He knew he could’ve used the cars but he had no time to think about whether or not they were fueled. 

His thoughts were filled with graphic images of what could be going on in that auction ground. 

He had seen it before and knew how brutal it can be. Their numbers were already small, and he was trying to prevent them from going extinct. 

Since the Great War, there had a very low birth rate as almost all the women died either at the battle or their homes.

He lets out another growl, now running at full speed.

On getting there, he transforms back to his human form, his clothes still intact, and while the others were putting theirs on, he storms into the place with long angry strides, not a second longer. 

The guards at the gate recognized him  and immediately paled knowing fully well that today was their last. 

Most wolves haven’t ever seen their Apex Alpha Dario, as they all had Alphas leading their packs but they could recognize him at one glance from the stories they’ve heard. From his insanely strong aura, to his outrageous beauty, and his golden eyes. 

The guards still tried to stop him knowing very well they didn’t stand a chance. 

As they approached him, his anger doubled

‘How dare they?’ He said to himself as he raised his fingers clawing them to death while still walking. 

The whole place soon turned chaotic as the wolves and their alphas present began to run for their lives, some brave ones attacked but he was determined not to let any one of them leave that gate alive. 

They had crossed him and no one crosses him and lives, no one. 

He lets out a deep growl which makes the wolves of his gamma, betta and commander push forward and take over the killings. 

The screams and sounds of horror could be heard from miles away.

It didn’t take them 30 minutes to kill all the 210 wolves present there at the actuion hall.

Alpha Dario knew very well that he just wiped out an entire wolf pack but he had no remorse because they had broken an oath they made to him. 

Once he had killed all the wolves, the thought that there were humans present immediately struck him. How was he going to handle all they had just seen? his mind already doing a 360 searching for a solution.

Only to turn and see James smirk, and mindlink him saying he led them out immediately after he killed the guards. 

“I know how brutal you can be Ro. You’re welcome”. He says as he swings his imaginary hair. The action msde Dario  growl lowly. Nothing was funny about this situation and his stupid best friend was making a joke while they were in a pool of dead bodies. He couldn’t deny that he was grateful though. 

‘James may be playful but always knew what to do at the right time’. He thought to himself when all of a sudden, his wolf began to jump, howl and scratch, wanting to be let out. 

The excitement and desperacy of his wolf caused his strides to come to a halt, as he didn’t know what to make of this. 

Dexter (his wolf) was always calm, strong and in control, but here was whining, howling and shaking. 

His wolf urged him to take a look around and he’ll see. 

‘Turn to your left and see if you don’t go crazy too’. Dexter told his human, making Dario sigh but do so. The sight had his heart almost seize but also run faster that it every has 

‘Told you so’. Dexter said again. 

His eyes took in the most beautiful person he’d ever seen, and he had lived long enough so see so many beautiful women. 

Her skin was like porcelain, her hair very dark but complimented her pale skin and oh, those light brown eyes blew him away. Even her current state couldn’t hide her amazing features. 

It felt like he, a century old alpha just found a crush.  

His first thought was “mate”, but he shook his head letting out a dry laugh at the thought that he might’ve gotten lucky. 

Then it also occurred to him that she had just seen all that happened. 

‘At least she’ll fear me’. He thought to himself as he tried to shrug away the part of his heart that did not want her to fear him.

It has been 100 years since he was mature enough for a mate, and had searched far and wide but found none.  He had already long given up hope on the thought of having a mate. 

“Is there a problem?”. James asked Dario, his brows creased in confusion at the dry laugh and unreadable expression his best friend had on his face. 

“I think so. Dexter is going crazy every time I look at that human female”. Dario sighed, confused, and a little excited at the little possibility that she could be his mate. 

His fingers itched to tough her, and that thought angered him as much as it excited him. 

A mate meant a lot for him. 

It meant he had a partner, could build his own family, had a chance at love, but also meant that he now had a weakness.

“No way!”. James exclaimed, already concluding in his head that the human was his mate. 

On the other side, Marissa was scared to death. Her fear dripping off her in waves. 

She had never seen anything like that and was shocked that a man could turn into a beast and 

“He’s a monster”. She said to herself not knowing that the ‘monster’ she was referring to could hear it all.

Those three syllables cut through him like a knife and even he himself couldn’t understand why he was so affected by mere words from a tiny human.

Seeing the fire in Dario’s eyes,  James stepped forward in an attempt to stop Dario from killing the human female, but instead, Dario grabbed the female, carrying her on his shoulders like a bag of chips, and walking towards the door. 

She screamed, cried, cursed, and thrashed around but to no avail.

‘He’s going to kill me’