All Chapters of The Alpha Heiress they Auctioned : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Emerald POVThree days pass.Three days of Rina shadowing my every step. Three days of the same four walls. Three days of staring out the window at mountains I cannot reach.I am going insane.Not the dramatic kind of insane. Not the screaming, crying, throwing things kind. The quiet kind. The kind where you sit in silence for so long that you forget what your own voice sounds like.Rina does not talk much. She stands by the door like a statue. She watches me eat. She watches me sleep. She watches me stare at the ceiling for hours.I should hate her.But I do not.She is just doing her job. And her job is keeping me alive.Even if I am not sure I want to be alive anymore.The knock comes at noon.Not Rina's knock. She does not knock. She just walks in.This knock is soft. Hesitant. Like the person on the other side is afraid of being yelled at."Come in," I say.The door opens.A maid stands there. Young. Younger than me. Her hands grip a silver tray so tight her knuckles are white."M

Emerald POVThe servants' hall is crowded.I do not know why I came here. Rina told me to stay in my room. She told me it was not safe.But I am tired of hiding.So I walk down the corridor. Past the kitchens. Past the pantries. Past the servants who stare at me like I am a ghost.I am not a ghost.I am not a slave either.I am something in between. Something they do not understand."You."I freeze.Kendal stands at the end of the hall. Her guards flank her. Her smile is sharp as a blade."Well, well," she says. "The little wolf comes out of her den.""I am not a wolf.""No. You are less than a wolf. A mongrel. A stray. Something Cassius picked up off the street."I say nothing.She walks toward me. Her heels click against the stone floor. The servants scatter like leaves in the wind. No one wants to be near her when she is like this."Did you think I would forget?" she asks."Forget what?""That you took him from me.""I did not take anyone.""You breathed. You existed. That was enou