Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder
The captain stepped forward, clasping me by the shoulders, "you've just won an all expenses paid vacation to a private, secluded island off the coast of Papeno."
Several people clapped, sarcastically of course. I looked around in sheer horror, my mouth gaping. Papeno was an island in the Isle of Denali, an island dotted by even smaller, more secluded islands where the shark infested, sharply currented waters were a death sentence if you found yourself shipwrecked, or stuck ashore…
This was it. I was going to die. "I'm expected in Valoria—"
"Aye, so are we. But we have time for a detour, don't we boys?" Several men nodded and mumbled in agreement, nudging each other.