Chapter 4

Zachary stood still as soon as he entered the place, astonished at what was in front of him, while Marcus was nonchalantly leaning on the wall as he observed Zachary’s reaction. In truth, he had already sneaked many times inside of the showcase where illegal auctioning of women was held every once in a while. Being the vampire that he was, none could catch him, no… he didn't think anyone even noticed his presence.

The only reason as to why he pretended to back out from entering earlier was because he can’t sneak in a werewolf that easily. He thought that the guards would have been slacking off and not be on their post like those other days, so he invited Zachary, but to his surprise, the one outside was newly hired.

“You alright, dude?” Marcus asked Zachary as he saw how unresponsive he was.

Zachary stood still on where he was as all he could process was the fact that the scent he was following only got stronger and he found where that intoxicating scent was coming from. But he could not accept where the owner of the scent was.

The entire room was huge and dark. It was filled with many men who were wearing masks. But the most eye-catching place was the mini-stage in the middle front, the only place that had a light on it. On that stage was a pole where a captivating innocent woman was tied into. But she was no ordinary woman, as she was his mate and he was more than sure of that.

He could not believe what was happening in front of him. It was a rumour in the entire city that an illegal auction and human trafficking were occurring together with increasing cases of kidnapping, rape, and missing persons but it never occurred to him that he would be inside one of those things. It was a rumour, but by the looks of what was in front of him, it was nothing but the truth which was circulating.

He was inside an illegal auction where the one being auctioned was his mate. His gaze became sharp as his jaw and hands clenched in anger. He started hearing people bidding around with millions of money. He could hear their nasty and perverted remarks as well as lustful looks and smiles which enraged his wolf. It was taking everything inside of him to control himself and Magnus and breaking free and shifting to kill each of them. Being a werewolf and an alpha was not a good combination as their temperament and possessiveness doubled up.

Due to their nature, he knew that he had to bring his mate away from those people before he revealed their real identity. Without thinking too much he shouted, “One billion!”

As soon as his shout reached everyone’s ears, tranquillity occupied the place. Everyone’s eyes stopped at him, but his eyes remained on the woman who was squirming in fear at the stage. Her face showed purity and innocence while her pair of blue eyes like the sky was showing her fears and pains towards the world.

He gradually walked forward, leaving the astonished Marcus near the entrance. Marcus kept on calling for him. But Zachary was busy getting near to his mate as he was itching to climb the stage and cover her almost naked body with his. However, just as he was about to get near, someone else shouted after him.

“1.1 billion!”

He stopped in his tracks as more anger rose in his heart. Without looking back, he bid higher, “1.2 billion…”

“1.3 billion…” continued by the same voice who bid after him. As he recognized the same voice, he angrily turned around and roamed his eyes to find who was fighting with him. There he saw a fat bald man.

The man met his eyes and purposely smirked at him to aggregate him even more. Now his urge to rip the man apart intensified even more. With blazing eyes, he stared at the man as he shouted his next bid, “1.5 billion!”

His eyes remained on the man, waiting if he would bid higher. The man then raised both of his arms to signal that he was surrendering, and he thought that it was a smart move because if the man continued to bid, he would likely start a fight right then and there.

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Eleanor felt like she wanted to vomit as she heard the manager bidding on her as well. Her fate was already cruel enough, but if she was to accept it, at least she wished that she would not fall into the hands of a disgusting and devilish man like him. Her hope was about to vanish due to the high amount that he bid, and all she could do was to pray to God that the man who was wearing a black leather jacket and bid a billion to her would fight to have her.

She was intently waiting for him to speak and when he bid 1.2 billion on her, a sigh of relief escaped her lips. Her heart was pounding fast and loud as she rejoiced because she would rather be a slave of that man. However, it would have seemed that she rejoiced too soon as she almost peed her underwear when the manager shouted again, “1.3 billion!”

She could see the increasing tension between the two men as they stared at each other, but what surprised her even more was how much the man in the leather jacket bid next, “1.5 billion!” Her heart skipped a beat as she worried that the manager or someone else would bid more for her. Honestly, she did not expect such a high price to be given to someone like her who they would later on just use as a slave.

She felt her knees shaking and wanted to collapse right there and then, but before she could fall on her knees, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her body. She lifted her head and saw the man with beautiful brown eyes looking at her; the same man who fought for her.

A round of applause was heard inside of the room after the man who was holding the microphone started to speak. "Now the man in front of us has already bought our virgin human," the man announced.

She saw when the man removed his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders. She observed him when he fished out his mobile phone in his pocket and dialled something before he put the phone next to his ear. "I will send you a location, bring 1.5 billion right away," he mumbled before he turned off the call and brought his phone back in his pocket as he helped her walk down the stairs and towards the corner of the room.

"Let's wait until my assistant comes," the man said in a gentle voice.

She felt like she had swallowed her tongue as she could not help but be speechless at how gentle the man was treating her. He brought her, but he was treating her with a gentle voice and was helping her; he was making her feel special.

Since she couldn't speak and was still recovering from the shock, she just nodded her head in response. Now she was starting to think about what could be her life after this man brought her; she was thinking if she would become his punching bag aside from being a sex slave. ‘Is this man a sadist?’ She asked herself in wonder as fear started to overwhelm her again.

"Don't worry, no one could harm you. I will never let anyone harm you. Over my dead body," he whispered firmly into his ears that she was startled by his words.

She rapidly lifted her head and looked at the man, their gazes locked on each other, like they were both reading each other's thoughts.

"Who are you? Why did you buy me? What's the reason why you spent that amount on me?" She asked one after another.

The man smirked in response, "You will find out soon."