Sammie’s POV
“Oh, my head" I murmured silently. I tried to move because I felt completely uncomfortable, but I realized that my body was still bound together around my knees and my ankles. I winced, it was just as if my brain just began acknowledging my pain again for the first time. My head hurt, and, of course, that would be an understatement. The right use of words would be that my head was banging uncontrollably. “When are we going to get there, Linda? We are taking so much time, they will soon begin to notice that we are gone." Wait! That was... SHAYNA!! That bitch! She made me this way! I could hear the urgency in her voice, together with some panic too. I wonder what exactly is making her so anxious, or maybe even afraid. I have no idea what was happening, but it would be better if I act in ignorance now, until I know for sure what's going on around me. I tried to slowly open my eyes, but my sight met with a moving ground, I noticed that I was being carried, not on the shoulder like a little baby, but like someone who is about to be disposed of. It must be the boys carrying me. I tried to keep my mouth shut so that I would have enough time to understand what is going on, and what is happening around me. Where are they taking me to? I can feel the silver rope cutting into my flesh, giving me more pain than is imaginable. I know it will not be easy for me to heal that way, my blood is being contaminated where the silver rope meets with my flesh. I tried searching for my wolf inside me, but it seems she was nowhere to be found. Oh damn! Just some moments ago, I believed I was about to lose my life because of my pride. I thought the deep water would kill me, I wondered why she had a change of mind. I had deliberately refused to play the role of a pleading rabbit. I was not going to beg Shayna for her wrong actions toward me, I will never show my weakness in front of that sly bitch, No, I will not. I thought if I was going to die there, I would die with my ego and my remaining sense of humanity still intact. Nobody would have helped me in any way, Shayna has all of them wrapped around her fingers , always ready to do her bidding and be at her calling. “We will soon be there... It will only take a few more minutes! And I tell you, the closer we get to this place, the more convinced I am that we are doing the right thing." Linda said, "If you kill her, it may come back to haunt you. Have you not heard about the rumors going around about Rosie?" Linda said, and then picked up after herself without waiting for any response. “I don't know about you, but I have heard she has some very strange feelings going about her, that's why it is said that she killed her mother. I believe that selling her for some money is better than killing her, you might just end up dead somewhere, on a lonely afternoon and nobody would be able to save you" She finished. “Oh shut up Linda, I have heard everything you said, I am taking your advice, am I not? Don't bring all that scary sh!t into my innocent memory" Shayna replied hurriedly, “These fools, " I thought, "If I really commanded that kind of power I would kill all of them right here, including myself, or even before that, I would have my mother here with me right now. Who knows maybe that would have changed things, things would not be so difficult, maybe then, things would be as pleasant as a peaceful Saturday morning, maybe then, I would have known so much love, maybe then, my father would love me, maybe then, I would not always have to be a subject of ridicule, maybe then someone would have realized by now that I was missing and that they need to find me. ‘No! Sammie, don't cry! You are not alone, you are special too, in your own way’ I suddenly heard my wolf speak to me, and she finally came out of her hiding. She had been hiding a lot, and I want to know why, but maybe after I have passed through this ordeal I will find out why. She must have felt my emotions, she must have felt my cries and my hurt. No one loves me, absolutely no one, and I know no one will even realize that I am no more present in their midst. I replied back through our mind link. “We are here" I heard Linda announce, I wanted to look out at what she meant, but I could not lift my head up without giving away my pretense. It didn't take long before we were in a very noisy place, and a bad scent engulfed the place too, with lots of different paranormal beings, who have come there to brag about their wealth, their influence, and their power. I could feel the eyes of gamblers dancing around us as we made our way to God knows where, and I was feeling fear in my whole body. This is definitely not a clubhouse or a place to have fun, it is a place that was far beyond morals, a place where there were simply no rules, a place where only your money and your influence do the talking, a place far away from home. A door opened before us at the end of the hall, and after what seemed like an eternity of the guards checking for weapons or other things that are restricted inside the room, they let us in. I was thrown at one side of the room, without any care for where I landed, I could not keep my pain in any longer, I cussed, but they all didn't seem to mind me, Their attention was immediately taken away by the entrance of a very round man, as came out of one of the doors in the large room with a tobacco stick in his mouth. “Well, what do we have here? Who are your friends Linda?" He said, picking up Linda with his big body. I wonder where she found a man like this? I looked slightly over at Shayna, I could feel her uneasiness, this was not her typical place to be, obviously, but she is not thinking twice about dumping me here. “My friends and I are here to give you a gift, just for a small amount of money, anything would do," Linda said as she caressed the man's round belly with her hand, then moved it to his chest. Of course, I was the gift, a gift none of them owned. I was being sold as a slave. “You don't have to give us anything", Sylvia spoke up, cutting into what Linda was saying, "You can just take her way for free, I don't ever want to see her again, I want her gone away from here, sell her to the readiest buyer, someone far away," Slyvia said to the man. “Very well" He murmured loudly and then made his way towards me on the floor where I was thrown. “Oh she will find a buyer alright, she is too innocent looking with very soft skin. . . she is beautiful too, I have so many slave buyers that like women like this to dominate" I spat on his face with a little effort I could get. “Of course, it was not entirely his fault, My so-called pack members have brought me here all the way from our pack to him. “Oh and she is feisty too, I like her!” He grabbed my chin so tightly, keeping me in place. He then used his other free hand to clean the splash of my saliva off his face. “Bastards! All of you!” I screamed, that was my only weapon. Not in a million years did I think I would be in the situation when I woke up this morning to my eighteenth birthday, I mean despite the way my life has been turning out. “Can we go now?” I heard Shayna ask, obviously dying to get rid of me finally. . . “You will regret this! You will regret this you bitch! Just think of this day when you wake up in the morning and when you go to sleep at night! I will find you! I will take my revenge! I will make you pay for this!” I rained threats! And I meant every damn thing. I only need to find my way out of this place! “You are officially a slave now! How dare you speak to me like that?” Shayna barked at me, but she was not coming closer than she was. “I will not get in trouble for this, in fact, no one would know what has happened to you. And no one would find you, they won't realize you are even missing” That may be right, but I will find my way back. “You can go now, I promise to find her a good buyer,” The round man said, looking straight at me, with lust in his eyes. He is disgusting to me, I will make my way out of here, I will find my way. . . I made a solemn promise to myself before exhaustion starts to swallow me. A promise I do not know how to keep.. .Sammie’s POV My body was in tremendous pain, I could feel it. . . Oh and the smell. . . I didn't need to open my eyes to know the condition I am currently in was worse. It can not be anything good if I feel like this. The next thing I noticed was the numerous voices speaking at once as if I was in a marketplace. I tried to slowly open my eyes, but I winced back in pain, the scorching brightness of the light was penetrating into my eyes. I was not sure where it came from. Was it a bulb or was it the sun? Whatever it was, I opened my eyes with caution. Sammie! Sammie, wake up! We should not be here. I heard my wolf lily speak, as she was trying to stir me up at the same time, but I felt weak, I felt too lazy to answer. Sammie, we have to get out of here, this cannot be good. I hear crazy things! I think we are in danger! Except for the urgency in the way that Lily was stirring me up, the last word danger did it. I opened my eyes. My mind was immediately consumed by a lot of things
Max's POVI sighed tiredly as I arrived in front of my office after the long meeting and flipped the door open."Wait a minute", I muttered on entering the room and frowned.Where the hell was Shayna? Has the party ended already? That is very much unlike her."Or did that bitch annoy Shayna?", I pondered out loud and immediately tried to mind-link Shayna but her wolf was shut off.Minutes later, I was laying down on my bed now in my room at the palace. I still haven't gotten through to Shayna or seen her but that was the least of my problems right now.I just need a good rest.'You must take me for a fool to think I would believe such a thing!', I remembered once I closed my eyes. I still couldn't believe that bitch had said that to me, she doesn't know what I have already planned for her.Sammie...I have been planning on how I would torture her ever since I found out that she was my mate shortly after getting my wolf. How could the Moon goddess give me that outcast as a mate? She ce
Max's POVI never found Sammie despite all my efforts so I gave up after a week of searching. I still couldn't dismiss the feeling that Shayna was responsible for Sammie's disappearance but I had no proof so had to keep the thought to myself.Life went on anyway with no one caring about Sammie's disappearance, even her own father, and I had even less time to myself as the days passed as the preparations for my coronation intensified.I really didn't mind being kept busy as despite my large circle of acquaintances, I didn't have much of a life aside from being the alpha's son. Being busy also kept me free from Shayna's disturbances, she was way too clingy."There have been rumors of an enemy pack wanting to attack us before the coronation", one of the council members brought up during the meeting of the werecouncil where I was presently seated in."How trustworthy is your source?", my father asked him."I would normally give that informant anything between sixty and ninety percent trus
Sammie's POVI couldn't wait to get to my bed and have a nice rest. I was so tired from learning different disgusting things all day but what could I have done? I had to complete my training on how to be a prostitute.The auction was in two days and today was the last day of learning. The next two days were going to be our resting days and finally, it would be the auction day.The entire day would be spent in preparing us for the auction and once it was nightfall, the auction would begin. We would be sold for the night to the highest bidder one after the other and only returned to the brothel the following day.I would no longer be undefiled but my virginity just had to be the price for my freedom. There was no other way out but with my dignity given away, I could leave any day I decided and the day I had decided on was the day after my return.The seniors had said that we would spend the day of our return being taken care of by Lady Frey and the day afterward would be a free day befo
Max's POVIt had felt like my world was crumbling the moment I saw Sammie on that podium. Those men were staring at her, my mate! How dare they? I still felt like transforming into my wolf and tearing every single one of them all apart.I knew I despised her but she was still mine until whenever I decided to reject her. No one was allowed to ogle her.So immediately after the parade ended, I had put aside all thoughts of getting information on enemy packs and instead went to find the so-called Lady Frey.She had refused to allow me to buy Sammie, claiming that she would make more money if she kept her girls for the auction and telling me to come back after the auction if I was still interested.She was trying to say that I should let another man have his way with my mate before I could take her back and not even for free.Thankfully, I had brought a lot of money with me as Gerald told me that I might need it to convince some people to give me information so I began to slowly bring out
Sammie’s POV'When did my pillow get so soft?', I thought to myself as I faded into consciousness and I was about to turn when I realized I couldn't move.My eyes immediately flipped open only for them to meet a sight that I had never thought I would ever see even in my wildest dreams: Max was sleeping beside me!Not exactly beside though, more like on top of me.His head was resting on my chest with half of his body resting on me such that our legs were tangled together and his arms were tightly wrapped around me.Is this a dream?'Wake up Samantha, wake up! How can you have this kind of dream about your enemy?', I yelled at myself internally but the sight wasn't going away.'It's not going away because it's not a dream! Mate is sleeping with you', Lily whispered and I felt like rubbing my eyes to make sure I was seeing well only to realize that they were secured at my side by Max.No, this can't be real.'Of course, it's real, where do you think you are for your pillow to be so soft
Max's POVI did not expect that Mother would be nearby. This should be easy though, she usually didn't ask too many questions. Father was the one who would have been a challenge."Oh, I'm going to have a guest soon", I answered."And that guest will be staying?""Yes, for a while""Oh, okay", she shrugged.I knew she would not be difficult to handle."Who is your guest though?", a new voice asked and I frowned.The pest who went by the name Shayna was here again. I sincerely had no idea why she was idle enough to come to spend the entirety of her days in the palace regardless of whether I was home or not."I believe that's none of your business", I snarled at her."Max! Don't talk to Shayna that way", Mother complained and I began heading to the table ignoring the both of them.Mother was very nice to Shayna because she was grateful to her for being with me though we weren't mates. She wouldn't be so grateful if she figured I have a mate though. Mother was a stickler for the tradition
Max's POV"Young Alpha, I've taken the food to your bedroom""Good. Now just make sure you keep your mouth shut about that unless you don't value your life", I threatened in reply, and could see uncontrolled fear flash through her eyes."Yes, sir", she stammered and hurried away.Minutes later, I arrived in my room and met Sammie still sitting on the floor, seeming just like she was when I had left the room."Don't tell me you've been sitting there since I left the room", I muttered in disbelief."I have""Didn't I tell you to take a bath?""I don't want to", she slowly replied and I smirked internally.Even though her tone was still servile, the daring Sammie was starting to come back to me."Don't you think you lost the right to decide on whether to take a bath or not the moment you walked out of this pack about four weeks ago?""What do you mean?", she asked seeming genuinely confused."I know enough of the outside world to know that while you were in that despicable place, you had