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ng it red hot with pain. They dragged me as we descended the stairs to an unde

d words from my bared teeth and th

o would go against Hermes's wishes and commands in his castle? All the screams I voiced. All the shrills whic

o the side. One of the guards crouched and looked into it as lig

hall. Plush chairs were arranged serially on top of each step and the walls were thick with heavy metallic cotton draped almo

bering more than ten. Looking closely, their bodies were adorned with scars and bruises and whiplashes just like mine, and dirt was

n the moment the guards hauled me in. Two fierce-looking brawny

never told me about having an underground room where he held them

oodn

ver to the brutes standing guard. They jerked their heads a

Anyone who shed a tear, talked, or did something they didn't li

oor raised my head. Hermes swaggered in, cladded in an expensive maroon tux and black velvet lo

er. Now I need you all to behave. My Alpha kings will be arriving in no time, so do me goo

all the girls, Alpha kings, money. Everything was pointing to an auction, he'll be maki

of doors and the chattering of masculin

was expecting them to give us a piece of clothing to cover up but was s

d out she wasn't picked. But she was pretty to me with her waist-length snowy hair and almost

swallowed a lump as mounted the podium at the centre of the stage. That was t

" a voice seared

t but the moment I remembered Hermes and those bru

nted Alpha kings who were nothing short of Hermes's replicas. I

scents which clashed and mingled in my nose only made it harder for me to breathe. As I looked at the judgmental and

eer asked, peering around the cro

gasped in somewhat shock. Some sitting in front turned to

icas judging and leering before me, he seemed entirely different in his creamy black designer suit and well-co

and giving the devilish look Hermes always ga

tocky fellow ye

first man countered and I he

mant. The third had given

ed staring at me as though to see through me

n, unfastening the suit he pre

last time for any objections but couldn't find any. He banged

stage by two broad men in black spectacles. One handed

by the small screen. I sniffled a sob and made my way out, cursing the day I set foot into this castle