All Chapters of Sold To Alpha Ezekiel: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Selara’s POVThey shoved me into the cage like I was an animal.Iron groaned beneath me as my knees scraped the rusted bars, the cold biting into my bare skin. Chains clanked against my wrists, already rubbed raw from days—maybe weeks—of being dragged through mud and darkness. My hair, filthy and matted, hung across my face, sticking to my lips as the crowd roared with laughter.The black market stank of blood, sweat, and despair. The cries of other captives echoed around me—wolves broken and collared, witches gagged and shackled, even humans trembling in terror. But I wasn’t like them. I was worse.I was the cursed one.Whispers followed me like gnats, buzzing at every step of my miserable existence. She killed her own mother the moment she was born. She carries death in her veins. Bad luck even to touch.I’d heard it all. I’d lived it all. And now, I was displayed here like some cursed relic, shoved into an iron cage too small to sit up in fully, my filthy knees pressed to my chest.

Selara’s POVThe fortress of Bloodfang rose before me like the bones of some great beast, jagged and unyielding, its towers piercing the starless sky. Black stone glistened wet under the moonlight, and crimson banners hung like veins against its body, pulsing in the wind. Every howl that echoed across its battlements reverberated in my ribs, a hymn both reverent and damning.I sat stiff in the saddle of Ezekiel’s warhorse, my wrists raw from the ropes, my breath sharp in my lungs. Around us, wolves padded silently—some in fur, some in flesh—their eyes glowing amber and gold. They looked at me as though I were a stolen relic dragged into their temple. Some bowed their heads as Ezekiel rode past. Others pressed their hands to their chests, murmuring his name like a prayer.But none of them looked at me kindly.Their stares slid over my body with curiosity laced in contempt. They saw me as an intruder. Worse—as prey.And then I saw her again.Ravena.She stood on the stone steps that led