The Alpha King's lost love

The crazy one

Lucian

I got out of the truck and looked up at the old run-down warehouse. I hated this place, "As always they know how to pick a venue" I said as my Beta Paxton walked around the truck to me.

"I give it a year before the place collapses" He laughed.

"I wouldn't even give it that, it's a dive that's for sure" Jono spoke as he and Billy walked to my side. They both parked their vehicles behind mine.

I exhaled loudly as I shut the door of my truck, "ok let's get this over with" I walked to the doorway of the dilapidated building past a short queue of people that were already lined up outside. I walked to the front of them where a man was already holding the door open for us. "My king," he said bowing his head as we walked past him, another small man led the way through the damp corridors.

"Your seat my king" the tiny man gestured to the table I usually sat at. I nodded my head at him and pulled out my chair. "I'll send someone over to take your drink orders"

"Thankyou" I answered as I slipped my jacket off and hung it on the back of the chair. All four of us took our seats and scanned the room for any potential threats.

"Hi my name is Candy, I'll be the one serving you tonight, what drinks can I get you guys" the perky blonde stood with a wide smile on her face holding a pad and pen in her hand. She was standing in what could only be described as underwear, the goosebumps on her skin told me she was trying her hardest to ignore how cold the room was.

"4 scotches neat" Paxton answered her.

She smiled leaning her head to one side and bit down on the end of her pen in an attempt to flirt. "Anything else I can do to make your visit worthwhile" she placed her hand on his shoulder.

He removed her hand with a look of annoyance on his face "No, that's all." I laughed to myself as I saw the smile on her face drop and she walked away without saying another word.

"What a heartbreaker" Jono laughed at him.

"If I want my c**k to fall off I would have gladly gone there but I'm quite happy with my manhood thankyou" we all just laughed at him.

It wasn't long before Candy was back with a tray in her hand, not saying a word this time she just placed the glasses on the table and a large black paddle with the number 21 on it in front of me and walked away. The guy spoke amongst themselves while I spent the next thirty minutes in silence as I scanned the room watching each person, there were some good men in here that I had done business with in the past and plenty I would steer clear of. I didn't trust them or the way they ran their packs.

It wasn't long before the lights dimmed and the stage spotlights came on. "Here we go," Billy said as he twisted in his seat to look at the stage.

A man led out some small children, all scared and puffy-eyed like they had all been crying. I suddenly felt an overwhelming scent hit me, it was weak, not belonging to anyone in this room but I was certain they were in the building. As the auction began I started my bidding, trying my hardest to ignore the scent that still lingered in the air.

Each time we came here I made it my mission to get as many women and children as possible. One by one I called the winning, it annoyed some of the other bidders in the room but I knew some of the men in here and what they wanted these children for, I wasn't about to sit by and let these kids anywhere near them.

As the children were led off of the stage I downed the last of my drink and waved the glass in the air for Candy to see. "Heads up Ralph is coming" Paxton murmured in his glass.

The tall lanky man approached, he was very old looking for our kind, time hadn't been kind to him "King Lucian, how nice it is to see you again" he bowed his head and then held his hand out to shake mine.

"Alpha Ralph, how has life been treating you?" I asked as I took hold of his hand and shook it politely.

"Not too bad, I hope you are having a good time tonight with your men" Ralph looked around the table at us all.

"We are thankyou, what are you in the market for tonight?" I asked him noticing he was one of the ones that hadn't bid on any of the children.

He shrugged his shoulders like he wasn't sure, "I do have a few positions that need filling by some females if I'm able to secure a winning bid" he raised his brow with a slight smirk on his face.

"Well good luck with that" I smiled as Candy brought a fresh round of drinks over to the table. He obviously sensed my sarcasm as he soon walked off leaving us alone.

Next, it was the older women, the same thing happened as they walked out onto the stage. The same scent filled my nostrils and sent a strange sensation through me.

"Everything ok?" Pax asked quietly leaning closer to me.

I nodded my head "Yeah, can you smell that, like a strong vanilla kind of smell with a slight floral hint"

He looked at me like I was losing my mind, screwing up his nose he shook his head "vanilla?" he asked. I nodded, "The only thing I can smell in here is booze and sweaty ball sacks, definitely no vanilla" he looked at me strangely.

I waved my hand, "Don't worry about it, it's gone now anyway" I lied.

The night continued, I pushed the scent to the back of my mind and continued my bidding. everything was going smoothly until the last lot of women were brought on stage. The scent that I had picked up on before hit me like a truck, a low growl rumbled in my chest, the other guys turned to me.

"What was that?" Jono asked.

"I don't know" I shrugged, a burst of energy ran through me, I shifted in my seat as I began to feel the heat rise under my collar.

"It's the breeders isn't it, which one's making your boxers twitch?" Pax asked excitedly.

I rolled my eyes at his childish comment, there were five women lined up on the stage each one looked sad and scared out of their witts. Except for one, she was dressed in a long white T-shirt that came down to her thighs just covering her up. She had long Black hair and the smoothest skin I had ever seen, she seemed more alive than the other girls, her eyes searching the room like she was looking for someone, then I saw her blow a kiss to someone. I followed her line of vision to see a young man sticking his finger up at her.

She laughed, his actions didn't seem to bother her. Then they landed on me, for a human she was beautiful, the moment our eyes met I felt something shift inside of me, I saw her blush just as she looked away from me. I was mesmerized by her even the way she stood showed she wasn't afraid. The bidding on the first woman started and I pushed the paddle over to Pax, not taking my eyes off of her.

"It's that girl, the one with the Black hair and white top" I whispered.

All three of them turned to look at her. "Next we have Rosalie she seems to be a regular here these days" he laughed

Rosalie, I liked the way her name sounded, it fitted her well.

"I will start the bidding off at £50.000, she may need some training, well let's say some guidance in her new home" he screwed up the card he was holding.

"She's going to be a handful you can see it in her face, are you sure you want that one" Jono laughed.

Before the auctioneer had the chance to slam down his hammer to finish the bidding I called the winning bid. She looked at me shocked, I heard her mutter a curse word to herself which made me smile, she was going to be fun.

The auction finally came to an end, as we stood up and began putting our coats on Clive came over to see us, he was the auctioneer the one who planned this whole evening. "My king, it was lovely to have you here with us tonight"

"Thankyou for the invite as always Clive" I smiled keeping things polite, I didn't agree with what he does here but I needed to keep my foot in the door to be able to help these women.

"I must always invite my best customer" he smiled "You bought the majority of the women we had, I'll be sure to invite you to the next one in three months' time"

"Thankyou, I do have a question for you Clive" I handed my card to Pax and sent him off to pay our tab.

"Ask away" he nodded.

"The girl I bought out of the last lot, Rosalie, what's her story?"

He looked nervous as soon as I mentioned her name, "Have you spoken to someone? because if you have I'm afraid all sales are final"

I held my hand up to stop him, "I haven't spoken to anyone Clive, I simply want to know why she is a regualar here?" I asked him.

He took a deep breath like he really didn't want to talk about it. "She struggles with authority and she's got a mouth on her" he shrugged like it was nothing

"What happened in her last placement?"

"I can void the sale, I'm not supposed to but for you..." he began to panic

"No need, I'll take her, I would just like to know what happened?"

"She was sold as a breeding female for one of the Alpha's sons, things were going smoothly until it came to the night of the young lad's 18th birthday, his father gave him her as a gift. They were in the room together for less than half an hour before the young man came out with a broken nose and shattered wrist"

I was shocked by his statement "that tiny woman done all that? to a Lycan?" I asked making sure I had the story right.

He nodded his head, "She has a bit of a temper, maybe someone under your power could work that out of her" he smiled shyly.

"Yeah maybe" I answered not really knowing what to say about what he just told me.

Pax and the guys came back holding the girl's paperwork," all done" Pax said handing me the paperwork.

I nodded to say thanks as I looked at all the papers in my hand. "It was nice seeing you Clive but I'm afraid we are leaving now to collect the girls"

He stepped away cautiously bowing his head as he did so. "What was all that about, he was close to shitting his pants," Billy asked as he watched Clive scurry away behind the stage.

"He thought I was trying to return one of the women" I smirked as I fingered through the papers looking for hers.

"What? why would you return one, which one?" Pax asked confused.

"The Black haired girl, Rosalie" I found her name on the paper pulling it out of the stack to read it. Unlike the others that had her details on and all her history, Rosalie's was just a receipt, nothing more.

"Ah the one that got your d**k twitching, what's so special about her?" Pax asked.

"She's a live wire, in her last home she broke the Alpha's son's nose and shattered his wrist when he tried laying with her" I explained.

"I called it, I said she was going to be a handful Jono laughed taking the papers out of my hand he rifled through them handing some to Pax and some to Billy. "You can take the crazy one" he handed me Rosalie's receipt.

"Fine by me, let's go," I said as we walked out to the collection bay to collect the females, I was kind of looking forward to having a few minutes alone with her. Just to find out how a mere human could injure a Lycan, who is this woman?