na

aw them-rows of masked men, lounging in

gaze, like they were peeling

d, and I hadn't even st

lawed up

ertainment-like we were nothing

n her. The anchor was describing her and her features like

s !" Someone yelled

rth that much!? Someone was going to pocke

uctioned off. Each one went

he most happened. It was my

ooked at everyone with feared eyes. I

acknowledgement filled the room

features like he d

. She sure is a feisty one. She is 19 years

ing is no

an the bidding. He set the price,

isgusted when I saw the one man who b

ion dol

ion dol

lion do

all this was going to make a fortune off my suffering. And

eyes and I couldn't t

isgusting pigs!!" I yelle

ooked like a gangster but built li

dollars! A

ng finality. "Fifty million to the gentleman in th

me like a punc

at... my fat

at was happening, a black sack was pulled over my head, plunging me into darkness. I was s

shaking. I couldn't b

been

o a st

ted, or what would become of me. Just

s truly

it come

merciless. There was no hope left-no

s were suddenly shackled with cold, tight metal, and I was dragged across some kin

ard's voice was sha

value your life." I felt something cold and sharp

st

ey called thes

onster liste

ster let me go

t monster

rtainty was worse than any n

is, my litt

man entered. He removed the bag

fun with this feisty little

him - unblinking, unflinching. A

e, and I'm going to enjoy every second of

apped. I wasn't going to flinch. I

. I grabbed the nearest thing I could - a thick glass bottle left on a smal

back, clutching his bleeding nose. "What the

just enough time

me. Shouts. Footsteps.

d for the first time, I felt l

a lot of tents. I ran to hide in one. But the

ng the nose. But then I saw him, th

y throat. What the he

cking locked onto mine. His bro

said, voice

houting in the distance made my body jolt. My head wh

rs. I turned to him, desp

"They're coming fo

o..

. I was kidnapped and brought here." My voi

ssessing. "Why should I?" he asked, voice as sharp as ice.

at

I didn't have time to feel th

you I ended up here in the first place. If you hadn't brought me to that go

laming me? Wasn't it you wh

ugh me like a blade. "You've got some nerve," he g

ou think you can use me for a night and disappear? Do

into mine, and

Crawling back. Filthy, broken, dresse

ump rising in my thro

theart. You were never more

ing, getting closer. Panic surged in my chest, but Aziel

sight before I real

them. I have to act it

our slave, your sex partner. Whatever you want, whenever you want. I'll

a pin dr

about to break. My heart pounded in my chest as I stood in front of him-

breathe. His stare bore into me-hard, unreadable-his jaw so t

make me forget about the betrayal from yo

coil low in my belly despite the fury in his eyes. I should hav

f his face into something darker, more menacing.

spered on his lips, my voice

than they should've been. The silen

tightening even more, bu

in. I froze in fear, but then more than me, th

sorry, we didn't know you were here." One of

?" My voice trembl

e King." A few men now arriving

pale when I h

this name, it

ers and

orld's most powerfu

own spines. Whispers surrounded him like smoke-dark rumors of his empire bui

he Mafia incarnate. The m

nymore, ma bella?" Azeil whis

ave I got my