Todos los capítulos de Sold to the Demon Lycan Prince : Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

The first thing I noticed was the silence. It wasn't a normal silence, this was a deep and profound stillness, like the hush of a forest under fresh snow. The second thing I noticed was the light. It was soft and golden, filtering through tall and arched windows and pooling on the floor in warm rectangles.When I moved my hand, my fingers sank into a mattress that seemed to have no bottom. I stared at the canopy above me, a cascade of deep blue silk embroidered with silver stars. The fabric shimmered, almost as if it were alive.I'm dead, I thought. This is it. Rusk finally did it. The beatings, the poison and the strange smoke. I'm dead, and this is some kind of afterlife for people who were murdered by horrible old women.The thought was oddly peaceful. It was the least I deserved after a lifetime of suffering. After being tossed from orphanage to orphanage from the early age of three and finally settling in Madam Rusk’s orphanage at nine years old. I’ve had my fair share of sufferi

I waited. He didn't continue. "And?""The only known means of breaking it is an ancient covenant," he said. "It requires an unclaimed human witness to enter an oath with me."I stared at his back. "An unclaimed human witness.""Yes.""Unclaimed meaning what, exactly? No one owns me? No one's cast a spell on me? No supernatural strings attached? Is that it?” "All of those things." He turned to face me, his amber eyes meeting mine. "The humans in our realm are all claimed, free from any and all supernatural oaths. You, being from another realm, are free of supernatural oaths. You have not been marked by any other supernatural, shifter, fae, witch, or demon. You are, for lack of a better word, clean.""Clean." I tested the word like it was a piece of rotten fruit. "So you need a human with no magical baggage to swear a lifelong oath to you. And the oath breaks the curse.""The covenant breaks the curse. The oath is the mechanism.""Have you tried asking someone?" I asked. "Just walking

He closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, they were dark and haunted. "The covenant requires a bond," he said. "The human witness must enter the oath freely, without magical compulsion. But after the oath, when the failed to meet the requirements of the curse, they all died, one by one.""And you just kept trying? You kept bringing more girls, more orphans, more people who had no choice?""I didn't...." His voice was raw. "It's not what you think. At first, I found willing participants... and If I don't break the curse, it will consume me. I will become a beast, a monster. My kingdom will fall into chaos. My people will suffer.""So you sacrificed seventeen girls to save yourself?""I didn't know they would die." He met my eyes. "The first few, I thought they were simply weak. But as more died, I realized the covenant was flawed. The curse is too strong. It consumes the human witness before the bond can form.""And yet you kept trying.""I stopped." His voice was barely a

The growling stopped. Azriel's breathing was still ragged, but it was slowing. The black markings on his skin were receding, fading like shadows retreating from the light. His claws retracted, his fingers returning to something almost human. His horns shortened, the curve softening. His eyes flickered, red fading to amber, the vertical pupils rounding.Then he collapsed.I caught him before his head struck the floor, my arms wrapping around his shoulders, his weight dragging me down. He was very heavy. I could feel his heartbeat against my chest, erratic but steadying.For a moment, I forgot that he was the man who bought me. Who brought me to this cursed kingdom I couldn't leave against my will. For a moment, he was just someone who needed help.Then his eyes opened."You shouldn't have stayed," he said, his voice hoarse."You should try being less dramatic when you're having a medical emergency," I replied.The physicians arrived minutes later, rushing into the room with their bags

I stared at him. "You want to turn me into... what? A fae? A Wolf? Can you even do that? Do you have the power to?""I can. I can turn you into a Lycan, like me. A shapeshifter. It is the only way to protect you from the curse. When you get the bite, you stop being an unclaimed human witness, and you become a shapeshifter. A human bitten by a Lycan is called a werewolf.""But it would also make me useless for the curse, wouldn't it? The ritual requires a human witness.""Yes." His voice was barely a whisper. "It would hinder my chances of breaking the curse. But I don't care. I would rather fail and know you're safe than succeed and watch you die."I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to feel. This man, this prince, this stranger, this creature who had bought me like a sack of grain against my will was now telling me he would sacrifice his own chance at salvation to keep me alive. I could scarcely believe what he was saying. I didn’t want to believe it. "Why?" I asked. "Why