Three Alpha Brothers. One Broken Girl. No Way Out

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ed to rise, but a guard shoved me back down. Hard. I gasped, biting my lip. My palms f

barely held me. Kael shouted something behind us, but another guard blocked his pa

er agreed to this. I did not-" A slap of cold metal shut me up. A collar. Heavy. T

. Her dark eyes flicked over me without emotion. "That one?" she asked the nearest guar

chosen for anything." The woman turned to me like I was a puzzle piece stuck in the wro

never in the offering circle. There was no ritual. No selection." The woman raised on

?" The woman barely blinked. "Alpha Grigor of Ashvale." My throat closed up. That nam

h. Why would he give me to the court now?" The woman shrugged. "Because the cou

"They want her for alliance breeding." The woman's lips thinned. "Do not use vulgar t

collar. "This is not how nobles are treated. This is how you chain animals." The w

ot docile. She is not tame." His eyes flicked to me, unreadable. "That power

nearly falling. Kael tried again to reach me, but the guards shoved him back. "

cream. Instead, I stared at Riven. Still watching. Still silent. His gold eyes bu

f Thornmark Keep. Every step closer to the court felt like a piece of me falling aw

ocked away? Sold off to the highest Alpha?" One guard beside me chuckled. "Not s

orward again. We passed guards. Courtiers. People in fine clothes with sharp ey

. My wrists hurt. The collar itched. I wanted to shift just to rip it off, but I could

opened the doors. The room beyond glowed with gold light and velvet shadows. I

u are to be prepared." One of the guards leaned close again. "You are lucky. Some

ow the law sees it. You were offered. Accepted. And now, presented." My knees buckled

not kind. I felt it. Eyes. Watching me already. Though the room was not yet full,

ess spoken to. You will smile when commanded." She paused. "And you will not disg

e woman ordered. "Make her presentable. The auction begins at dusk." My stomach dropped

at and fear clung to the walls. The room had no windows. Only a long mirror

ide and blank. She looked at me without speaking. And in that second, I u

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