Chapter 7

Mckenny Pov

 ‘’Any leads?’’ Mark walks in holding a basket of fruits. I haven't had time to eat or sleep, knowing she is out there with Cirenda makes everything even more worse. We've been on the road for a very long time and the northern shifters pack is down to ruins. Everything from the pack's previous glory is burned down to ashes. 

80% of its previous inhabitants have all turned to rogues and lone wolves while the few remaining are either too traumatized to move on or disabled in one way or the other. War leaves casualties, how I wish there was a better way out, the people did not have to suffer for the wrongdoings of their alpha. I walk on the land that gave me my Luna, the castle she was raised in now beneath my feet.

 “How did we get here?’’ a voice whispered close to me, I needed not to turn around to know who it was. Grace came from the Golden Coven to help after the strategy that had left my sister on the line between death and the living. She is not dead, nor is she alive, but having a funeral for her was the best possible way to keep things under wraps. 

“Your mother was the queen of the Coven as you know and I would have to return with Emery dead or alive for her to take over her place.”’ she whispers, we had no secrets between us and only Mark knew of my true identity. I am not just a wolf born of an Alpha but also a witch. My mother had kept her identity secret for fear her children would be hunted for we are special and our kind has not walked the face of the universe for centuries.

 ‘’I know, but I can't depart from her, she is all I have now”’ I tell her, I have raised Emery since birth, she did not get the chance to be held by our mother as she gave up the ghost after she was born. Now I am not ready to watch my sister die the same way my parents did. 

‘’I am happy you have kept your promise, sins of the father should not be passed on to the children. They are dead Kenny, it is time to move on”’ Grace walks away. She is more like a second mother to me and Emery, every nightmare and fear of mine she had experienced, I knew lying was of no use as she knew me far better. 

‘’Is it?’’ I asked not sure of myself. I have a mate, whose parents killed my family, whose parents have been after my very own life from the very start to test my powers and limits. 

‘’Kenny she is more important than any other thing, get her then we will talk about the rest” I walk over to Temperest, I haven't used him in a very long time. I could feel every emotion he felt and have witnessed, 

‘’We need to save our mate’’ my wolf whined in my head. I watched as Mark set patrols over the new park and they all submitted to my role. This was not time to acquire another land but having control over the northern shifters pack gives me more security. 

‘’We got new leads, the location sent by Cirenda Copper he has not arrived and our men say Seranda is being auctioned in the secret location of the coppers’’ Mark reported swiftly before leaving me to join the others. 

“Since he has changed his mind and wants to go ahead with the auction, then we shall not disappoint. Get grace’’ everyone has been taking turns in driving while I could not get my eyes off the road. The human realm felt rather too far from the usual, so I started out trying not to diverge from the plan at hand. My wolf wanted so much to be let loose, not only my wolf but my mind was going crazy, and everything felt off and uncertain. 

‘’The auction is about to start. What do you want us to do?”’ Mark asked. I knew both worlds and to say one of the biggest empires is owned and controlled by me was impressive. I could not go in but I had grace, she has always kept a low profile and has longed to be forgotten by the world. 

‘’Get grace, she will do the bidding and get her with is it over, make sure she doesnt recognize you, we can't have Cirenda know we have her”’

 “‘Yes alpha”’ Mark walked away wearing a hoodie and a mask. He has been to such events and has better experience and he would give Grace the guidance she would need. I sit down in the car, I can't count how many packets of cigarettes I have smoked so far but nothing has changed. My anxiety seems to be going up by the minute. 

I watch as hungry-looking men drag young omegas outside, while some already have their hands between their legs. Their pain was evident, this is the world I was born to rule, a world I have to cleanse. I took a deep breath trying hard not to let their pain affect me, seeing the wolves being dragged away by their men only fueled my anger towards the coppers. How could I not hate her, how could I not hate the blood that flows within her? Keeping her safe is a compromise I have to make with my wolf but hating her is something my mind just can't get rid of.  

I walked into the hall, from the outside one can tell it is a lucrative business of spar treatment and beauty however what happens in the back is not something the world is ready to hear. Most of the wolves sold have been injected, I could feel their wolves making it impossible for them to become violent towards their human masters while those sold to fellow wolves who have taken pleasure in settling in the human world, now marked as wolves would forever remain submissive. 

Even if they find their fated wolves, that was not the case with wolves sold by the Coppers, for they were already rejected and second-chance mates are hard to come by. The crowd was filled with hungry-looking men, desperate for the touch of a woman, men willing and ready to buy a woman just to satisfy their crazy sex fantasies and when they were done with them, they tossed them out in the open or better still some are killed protecting the secret of these bloody fratanity. I could sense her, her wolf was asleep, I had to hold myself not to run loose and lash out at everyone.

 The bidding started and in no time the girls were being sold and carried out, some were too weak to walk, some were unconscious while others resigned and accepted their fate. The look of defeat on their faces is something I have not seen in a long time. I know that feeling too well. I have been through that pain and thanks to the loving couple my parents were and how I was raised it was my mother's wish to save the world. This is a business that has been going on for centuries, way before my parents were born. The northern shifters pack royal family has been at it and the business has been passed down to generations. We've never been allies, however, their older generation knew better than to step on our toes.

 However, Alpha Kelvin and his brother Mathew did not get the memo and went after my parents with hopes of claiming my pack and extending their line. 

‘’We have an exquisite special for today, we all know a virgin is hard to come by so I present to you the last of today's auction Seranda”’ I heard the auctioneer announce, and my head snapped to the stage, she was not brought up front but a live video of her laying on the bed with nothing but a thin silk cloth which barely covered her body. She looked out of it, she barely moved or made any sounds.

 ‘’Starting price 10 million’’ The bidding hall went crazy. I watched as Grace and Mark got ahead of every bidder, but it was a competitive game. Everyone wanted to have a virgin, they all wanted to be her first. Not that she would be taken care of but they would not pass the chance to brag about having slept with a virgin. Finally offer 100 million dollars to lady gold”’ the auctioneer announced.

 ‘’We got her’’ Mark said. I breathe out air that I did not know I had been holding all this while. Grace did a great job of masking our scents and getting us through without any of the wolves available to sense us. Grace and I walked up to the auctioneer who led us to a room where seranda lay. Grace excused herself to make payments. 

‘’I know the fire in your heart is burning, you can have her here and take her later, we don't mind”’ the auctioneer informs me with a sneaky wink before walking away with Grace to collect the payment. I watched the fragile body lay, she had bruises all over and bite marks. I know the pain she must have passed through is unimaginable. I gently scooped her into my arms and walked out with her but not before putting some more cloth over her body.

 “Where to boss?”’ Mark asked as soon as I got into the car with Seranda. With how fragile she looked there is no way we would be able to carry her back to the pack.

 ‘’To the mansion, she needs to be taken to the doctor. Also, Grace has to get some items”’ I tell him as he kicks off. Grace had left earlier on, she had some personal things to take care of before leaving for the pack. I know she has to take Emery with her back to the coven. As much as I want to have her in the pack I now have things to take care of in the human world and would not have the time to travel to and forth very often. 

The ride to the mansion was a quick one, I carried her out the servant all lined up waiting for orders. I haven't stayed here for a very long time but it has always been looked after and taken care of by Mark, he is more than just my beta and best friend. He is a brother I could never be deserving of.

 ‘’Take her up, while I handle the schedule of the servants,” Mark informs me. We needed fewer people around. I lay on the bed, she looked nothing compared to the smiling woman I had just a few days ago. Her lips cracked, I got some water and gave her some. How am I to hate a woman whose body and mind are so drowned and attached? to. A knock on the door distracts me from my thoughts. Mark walks in with some files. 

‘’We have secured the location of Cirenda. Mckenny, I will advise you to keep it all down for the moment so we can follow him up”’ he walks over handing me over the files.

 ‘’I have the belief he is connected to the demons of death. His parents are missing and their bodies are yet to be discovered”’ I knew that look

 ‘’The longer the wait the bigger the fish” Grace soon walks in with a young lady, from her scent, I could tell she is a witch just like my sister, but she is stronger.

 ‘’I will have Sofia take care of the seranda in my absence. She is powerful and you will need her guidance”’ Grace walked over handing over a portion that she made seranda drink with the help of Sofia. I could feel her wolf slowly waking from her slumber. I could feel the happiness of my wolf as she gradually regained herself.