Sold to the Lycan King

prise written all over their faces. "Before you kill her, make her dance to her music. We do not want her to just go through a painless d

eve how quickly they turned against me. I thought I was protecting them,

he ground. I was now an object of ridicule, and everyone, including the elders, began to spite me. Some spat at me, and others tu

om. "You all have had your fun, so let the woman be," Dominic said, approaching me. Everyone attacking me moved aside as Dominic advanc

, "Uhm, I am sorry, but this woman isn't for sale." Dominic demanded, "As the Lycan king, I deman

, "Alright, I'm going to sell her to you." He whispered the price in Dominic's ear, and Dominic bellowed, "That is outrageously expensive!" Alan tr

blood that spilled from my body and soiled his clothes. As he walked away, the people stared in shock and

his plans were for me. Was I to be a prisoner, a slave, or something more? I t

his arms, cradling me like a child. I felt a strange sense of se

sense of direction. I was vaguely aware of Dominic's pack gathered arou

intricate carvings of wolves and moons. Dominic pushed th

ng candles and a roaring fire. Dominic gently lai

pered, his voice low and so

couldn't fight the exhaustion any longer. As I drifted off to slee

fire. I was haunted by the memories of my parents' death a

t of the setting sun. Dominic was sitting beside me

ling?" he asked,

till hoarse. Dominic handed me a cup

r," I

've been asleep for a whil

ing in the unfamiliar surroun

rs," Dominic replied

ss everything that had happened

ause I need your help," he said. "I have a problem, an

curious. "W

l tell you later," he said. "First, you need t

sh over me. Maybe, just maybe, I had f

I could possibly help him. I was a werewolf, not a problem solver. But Dominic seemed con

periences as outcasts. He told me about his own struggles as a Lycan king, an

to reveal his problem. We sat down in his chambe