Chapter 4

My heart raced as Alpha Damien grabbed my best friend from my grip. He was so fast, yet I couldn't do anything to stop him. I watched in horror as he bit into her flesh. I heard her screams and felt my heart break. Tears streamed down my face as I watched him tear her to pieces. I wanted to look away, but I couldn't. I felt like my feet were glued to the ground.

Jacob, my savior, tried to hold me as I broke down in tears. He was trying to comfort me, but I just couldn't seem to stop crying. I felt like my whole world had been ripped away from me in that moment.

Jacob became furious and suddenly he started to change. His body started to grow and contort, and his skin became dark black. His eyes were glowing red and he had fangs. He had become a big black and scary werewolf.

I was beyond terrified. I had never seen anything like this before. I wanted to run away, but I couldn't bring myself to move. Jacob was growling and snarling, ready to attack Alpha Damien. I was so scared that I could barely breathe.

Suddenly, Jacob lunged forward and attacked Alpha Damien. He knocked him to the ground and started to tear him apart with his claws and fangs. It was a gruesome sight and I felt like I was going to throw up. I wanted to close my eyes, but I couldn't. I had to watch it.

Finally, after what seemed like forever, Jacob stopped and Alpha Damien lay motionless on the ground. Jacob had won the fight. He had saved me.

I was so relieved, but I was also filled with sadness. My best friend was gone. I had lost her forever. I couldn't believe this had happened.

Jacob wrapped me in his arms and tried to console me. He told me everything was going to be okay, but I knew it wouldn't. Nothing would ever be the same again.

I finally managed to stop crying and Jacob and I left the scene. As we were leaving, Caesar and Scott ran up to him with both ran up to him with bottles of champagne and cups in their hands. They seemed to be celebrating. I stood there, and I paused for a while, trying to understand the situation. What was going on?

I was still confused until I heard Caesar say "Thank you Jacob. Looks like we both got what we wanted in the end. You got yourself a mate and we got rid of our father. Cheers" they said as they all clinked their glasses.

I watched as Jacob turned to me and said to them, "She's not my ideal type, but I'll manage what I get"

My heart sank. What was happening? What were they saying? What did Jacob mean?

***

I was still mourning the loss of my friend Liza. She was a kind and generous girl, always there for me whenever I needed her. But now she was gone, taken away by a man who wanted to keep us as his slaves. It had been hard minutes for me but I still had to find out what Jacob, Caesar, and Scott meant when they clinked their drink.

I sat down to think, trying to remember the night Liza had been taken away. I could see it in my mind as if it had happened just moments ago. We had been locked inside the house, and a fine-looking man had come to buy slaves. I remembered his face, and as I thought about it, I realized it was Jacob. He was the one who had come to buy a slave for himself.

I felt stupid and used, and sadness welled up inside me. I wanted to cry, but I knew it wouldn't do any good. All I could do was sit and think, trying to make sense of what had happened.

Suddenly, a realization struck me. Jacob, Caesar, and Scott had all clinked their drinks when they had made the deal. They had done it to celebrate. I suddenly understood why they had done it. They were celebrating the fact that they were getting a slave for free.

I felt sick and angry. How could they be so cruel? How could they take someone away like that, without a thought for the person they were taking or the people they were leaving behind?

I was not sure what the deal was but seeing how happy they seemed, it must have been something like Jacob could take me but he would have to help them kill their father, Alpha Damien.

I crossed my legs as I thought of it well. Who could have plotted that evil? Was it Caesar or Scott? My best bet was Caesar. He must have wanted to be alpha and did not have the patience to wait for his father's death so he killed his father by himself. He was always a greedy bastard.

I sat, my heart broken and tears streaming down my face, as I realized that I was nothing more than a trade in exchange for an alpha position. Everything had been a plan all along, a plan that I was never a part of. I felt foolish for believing that Jacob cared for me when the truth was he had been using me all along. It was only now, as I felt the weight of the situation on my shoulders, that I realized the truth.

I had been nothing more than a pawn in his game, a means to an end. I had been so blinded by my feelings and my situation at that moment that I hadn't seen the signs. I would have known. How can a drop-dead gorgeous man pull up from nowhere and then help me without even knowing who I was or what I had done?

I knew it was too good to be true but I convinced myself that it could be possible. How wrong I had been.

Now, here I was, my heart broken, my dreams shattered, and my future uncertain. I had gone from being a free woman to a slave to a different master. I felt the tears streaming down my face, my heart heavy with grief and sadness. I had been so foolish to let myself be taken advantage of in this way.

I tried to remind myself that I had no one to blame but myself for this situation. I had been the one to trust Him, to believe in Him, and to give Him my heart. But now, I wished I had never done any of that. I had been taken advantage of, and I was the one paying the price.

I knew that I had to move on, that I had to find a way to make it through this. But it was hard to see how I could when I felt so broken and defeated. I was no longer the woman I had once been, and I no longer had my best friend Liza to motivate me. I felt broken. I wept even more.

I was on the floor, weeping and wailing when Jacob, Caesar, and Scott came to me. They were giggling until they got there.

"This one is tough. Make sure to train her to be a beta, Luna. She always gave us a hard time here" Scott said as he drank his cup.

Caesar giggled and then I heard him say, "If not for you, we would have killed her long ago. It's just because of our deal. Anyway, we wish you a happy life with her." He turned to look at me and then said, "Good riddance to bad rubbish"

Jacob smiled as I looked at him standing while I was on my knees. He looked like he had just bought a new puppy and the former owners had told him how difficult it was to train it, so he had taken it upon himself to train that puppy.

He nodded to them and then stretched his hand out to me as he said, "Come on Amy. I am your new owner now. Let's go home"

I swallowed her as I got up to follow him. Inside me, I wondered if I would ever be free.