CHAPTER 2

EMILY'S POV

Morning came quicker than I expected. I had spent the whole night in tears, praying to the main goddess to save me from my hopeless situation, but nothing happened.

Eventually, the door to my cell swung open. Two guards came in and seized me by my arms, before dragging me all the way to a secret chamber upstairs.

When we got there, I was surprised to see that ten maids were waiting patiently for me.

"Don't try anything funny," One of the guards warned, before stepping out of the room.

As soon as they left, the maids started undressing me. I was shy, standing stark naked before them but from the expression on their faces, I could tell that they had gone through this procedure a thousand times.

I wondered how many girls had been auctioned at Royal High before me.

The maids led me to the bathtub where a warm bath had been prepared for me, and after twenty minutes of intense scrubbing, they led me to another tub, where I was made to lie in the fresh aloes scented water.

Then, they dried me up with a towel and made my hair, fastening it with silver pins. Some light make up was applied on my face before I was dressed up finally, in a transparent silk gown.

One quick look at myself in the mirror and I realized that my auction wasn't going to last very long. I looked perfect, and I knew that everyone in the auction room would be clawing at each other's throats to have me.

A few minutes later, the door swung open and Lady Marigold walked in with the guards beside her. She clapped her hands in excitement as soon as she saw me and motioned for the guards to lead me away.

"I knew you would be a star," She smiled. "I never doubted your potential."

"You lied to me," I sobbed.

The guards grabbed me and started dragging me away but she stopped them at once.

"Careful with my prize now," She chided. "I don't want any mark on her skin."

They led me straight to a large hall and once I was in, I gasped. There were over a hundred girls, just like me in the hall. Each of them had the same innocent look on their face, and the same fear in their eyes. We had all been deceived.

"The auction is about to start," Lady Marigold hissed in my ears. "If you don't behave properly, we would not get a good bargain, and if we don't get a good bargain, we would not sell. I assure you that you would be better off with some Alpha than back at Royal High at the end of today."

I stared hard at her. Tears were streaming down my cheeks already. There was not a single trace of emotion in her voice and I knew that she was damn serious. If I didn't get sold, I was going to die here.

At exactly 10 am, the guests started pouring in. From all my lessons on nobles and commoners, I knew that most of them were mere commoners looking for slaves. However, a few nobles were in the crowd, and to my dismay, one was eyeing me already.

Barely an hour into the auction and more than half of the girls had been sold already. The highest had sold for thirty five thousand dollars, and I shuddered at the thought of what I would be forced to offer to my buyer if I eventually sold for more.

A few minutes past 12 noon, the master of the ceremony got a signal from Lady Marigold and he cleared his throat noisily.

"Gentlemen," He started. "We have come to the peak of our auction for today. Our biggest prize is one you have never seen before. Fluent in four languages, with the voice of a nightingale and the beauty of a goddess."

A murmur went up among the crowd immediately and all the while, my heart was pounding in my chest. The weird noble man still had his eyes fixed on me and I averted my gaze from him quickly.

"Our deal of the day!" The MC announced. "Emily!"

"Walk to the stage," Lady Marigold hissed in my ears. "Just the way I taught you in class."

The hall fell silent as I cat-walked to the stage and stood beside the MC. I could feel hundreds of lust filled gazes on me.

"The starting price for our deal of the day is a hundred thousand dollars," The MC announced.

"Two hundred thousand!" A voice came from the crowd.

I turned in the direction and I saw that it was the same noble who had his eyes fixed on me all the while.

"Two hundred thousand dollars from Gamma Joe of the BlueVille Pack," The MC announced.

When our eyes met again, I noticed that one of the slaves he had purchased earlier was whimpering, desperately trying to hold back tears, and when my gaze followed his hand, I saw that his fingers were inside her!

I panicked at once. If he could treat her in such a way, right there in the presence of everyone, then I was in so much trouble. I spun around, my eyes pleading desperately for another buyer to show interest - anyone but the Gamma!

Sadly, no one could meet his offer.

"Sold!" The MC announced.

Everyone clapped and cheered, but I remained motionless. My life was getting worse by the minute and there was nothing I could do to help myself.

In the midst of my despair, I didn't notice it when the man walked in. It was the awkward silence in the hall that alerted me of his presence and when I looked up, our eyes met.

"I want that one," He said.

"Emily has been sold already, my Beta," The MC announced. "But we have many other beautiful ladies here. We have - "

"I want Emily," He repeated. "I'm tripling the last offer."

"Six hundred thousand dollars from Beta Chris of the BlueVille Pack!" The MC cried. "Sold! Final!"

He banged his gavel on the table multiple times and instructed the guards to take me away with the Beta.

"No need for that," Beta Chris smiled. "I can handle her myself."

He held out his hand and I grabbed it desperately. I could still feel the Gamma's eyes heavy on me as we made our exit from the hall and I had a bizarre feeling that this was far from over.

He led me to a black mustang parked just outside the building and a few minutes later, we were speeding down the highway. After a long drive, the car finally screeched to a halt at the gate of a mansion. We came down together, and he led me to the front door. Then, he rang the doorbell and turned to face me.

"You're a beautiful young lady," He started.

I felt my stomach churn as I realized where he was heading to.

"My good friend needs a distraction and you're going to provide him with just that," He added. "Do you understand?"

My cheeks drooped immediately. Beads of sweat had already started gathering around my forehead as we waited for his friend to open the door. Subconsciously, I grabbed his hand and he frowned at me.

"Not the Gamma," I pleaded. "Anyone but him."

He was about to say something when the door swung open.

"Chris, I've told you already that I don't need your - "

The man paused when our eyes met and he frowned.

"Who's this?"

"I don't know," Chris shrugged. "Whatever you want her to be. Just calm the fuck down and don't do anything stupid, okay?"

Chris turned to me and smiled. "I can assure you that the Alpha would take good care of you."

And with that, he spun around, and headed straight for his car, leaving me all alone with the Alpha of the BlueVille Pack.