The Alpha King's lost love

Will I be safe

Rosalie

I was led back down the corridor but this time was different. Instead of going back into the room where I came from, which was the normal protocol. I was taken to another door that said loading bay. As chunky pushed me inside the room I noticed there were several other women and children in here. I stood quietly in my place as chunky walked out of the room and left us alone, as soon as the door was closed I looked around at the other women, they were whispering to one another trying not to be heard.

"What's happening?" I whispered to them hoping one of them was brave enough to answer, I knew this wasn't the normal way of doing things, why wasn't I being taken to the greek god man?

One woman stepped closer to me looking around to make sure she was safe to speak. "I think we have all been sold to the same man, some of the girls said he is a very powerful man" she explained.

"I've seen him before, he came to the last pack I was in. They all bowed at his feet and called him King" The girl behind her whispered to us.

"Seriously?" I asked her in shock. "He must have some money to have bought all of us but I highly doubt a king would want us" I muttered as I looked around at everyone.

"Are we going to be ok?" one of the small children asked who appeared beside me.

I looked at her tear-stained cheeks and knelt down to her level. "What's your name?" I asked her calmly wiping the tears from her cheeks.

"Erin" she squeaked.

"Well Erin, I promise you that you will be just fine, if anybody says any different they have to get through me first, ok" I smiled letting her know I was her friend, something I never had when I first came here.

"SSHHH" women began to hush me as the keys could be heard in the door. We all quietened down and stood still, the small girl hid behind me as the auctioneer entered the room closing the door behind him.

He looked around before settling his eyes on me. "I need to inform you of the importance of today's sales. If any of you do anything to piss off your new master don't think he will be lenient with you like your other homes have, you will be slaughtered" he widened his eyes at me letting me know that part was aimed at me. "There will be no second chances, no coming back here to be sold again, where you are going, girls have never returned" I could feel little Erin holding onto the back of my shirt tightly.

"Who is he?" I asked him, knowing I wasn't supposed to be asking questions, hell I wasn't even supposed to talk whilst in the presence of men.

"Who is he?" he laughed sarcastically as he repeated my question like it was a stupid thing to ask.

"I only asked" I rolled my eyes at his sarcasm, I really didn't know who he was so how was I going to find out if I didn't ask?

A sudden sharp pain spread across my face as his fist collided with the side of my face. "He is the King of the Lycans, someone who will not be tolerating your s**t this time girl, he will be the one to shut that big mouth of yours, I only wish I could be there to see it when it happens" he spat as he pointed his finger at me.

I could taste the blood in my mouth, he had split my lip for sure but I wasn't about to give him the satisfaction of knowing it hurt, instead I lowered my head and tried to ignore the anger that was rising deep inside of me. If what he said was true I knew it wasn't the best first impression to give, me beating on someone before I even left the auction house.

How on earth was I going to get out of this one alive? I didn't always mean to get into trouble, sometimes I just want a better life not just for me but for all the women here, these poor children have nothing to look forward to in life, how was this fair?

Thinking of my impending torture I hadn't seen the door open behind me again, chunky walked through the crowd of women to the back of the room. Something hit the other side of the metal shutter that covered the back wall making all the women step back in fear. Chunky grunted letting the unknown person aware he was there, then proceeded to pull on the large chain that hung from the ceiling lifting the shutter slowly.

Could this be the king? I lifted myself onto my tiptoes to get a better look but it wasn't him, the figures of three burly men appeared, it was the men he was sitting with inside. It was raining quite hard outside so they were quite wet but it didn't seem to bother them too much. They stepped into the room and looked around at all of us until all their eyes landed on me, one of them smirked at me, maybe trying to get a better look wasn't a great idea hiding here in the back was going to be the best thing for me.

"I'm Paxton, Beta to the King, you are all now under the rule of King Lucian" The bigger one of the three spoke whilst sorting some paperwork out with Chunky, This was the man that smirked at me just moments ago. He was a mountain of a man, not too bad looking either. He had dark brown hair that was held in a small bun on top of his head, his eyes matched the dark brown circles that complemented his tanned skin. He wore a black shirt and black jeans, I could tell he looked after himself well.

"Ok, it's cold and wet and I really don't want to be stood here all night, this is Jono" he motioned to the man standing beside him. He wasn't as tall as him, he was the same build but had Blonde hair that was braided back.

Jono stood forward looking at a piece of paper in his hands "I will take Isabelle, Shannon, Darcy, and Maddie you are all in with me, follow me" he waved, three small children all around the ages of 10yrs old stepped forward, and a woman around my age. She held onto the children as they looked up at her through tearful eyes, she led them out into the rain as Jono walked ahead and held open the back door of his truck so they could all climb inside.

We all watched them as Jono got in the front and drove forward just enough to reveal another vehicle. "This is Billy, he will take the next four" Paxton the Beta told us as he nodded to Billy who then stepped forward and began calling the names on his list.

"Amy, Morgan, Erin, and Sydney, follow me" he ordered. Three women walked to the front but the fourth was missing. Someone took hold of my hand and pulled me down to them, it was Erin the little girl from before she was scared and crying. "Please don't let him take me" she pleaded as she hugged my arm tightly.

I knelt down to her level as all the women turned and watched me, the man waited patiently but I feared his patience would soon come to an end. "It's ok, I'll be right behind you, we are all going to the same place, I'll come and find you as soon as I get there" I hugged her back. "Go with these women they will take good care of you until I get there ok" I led her to the women whose names had been called out to go in the next vehicle.

"You promise you will come and find me," she asked as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Pinky promise" I held out my little finger, she did the same and linked her's through mine giving me just the smallest hint of a smile.

"Let's go," the man said, one of the women took Erin's hand and led her out of the room. The man did the same as the other, walked ahead and opened the back door for them to climb in, what surprised me the most was the man held out his hand and offered it to Erin to help her up into the truck a kind gesture I had never seen in any other pack.

It had been a long time since I had anyone talk to me like a friend let alone rely on me to keep them safe. I knew her fear, I once was her, I had a knot in my stomach hoping she was going to be ok as I watched them drive away.

"You four are with me" Paxton said as he pointed his finger at the group of girls beside me.

I looked at the four girls "But there are five of us here" I said realising one of us wasn't going to be taken.

Paxton looked up at me his eyes fixed on mine for a few seconds before he spoke, "Well done, you can count" he looked at the other girls "come on" he nodded for them to follow.

"What about me?" I asked as they walked out into the room.

"Your with me," a deep voice said from behind me making me jump forward. There he was the greek god, he towered over me, looking down at me with his dark brown eyes boring into mine. The lighting was better here it showed just how perfect he really was. He looked like he had been sculpted by the gods. His perfect chiseled jawline his black hair that was twisted back into braids that ran down the middle of his head with shaved sides. I felt hot all of a sudden as I stepped back away from him, when did he even enter the room? and why the hell was I going with him and not the others?

"Follow me," He said as he walked past me to chunky handing him some money as we walked out to the truck that was in front of Paxtons. I walked out into the rain barefooted, unlike most of the other girls I wasn't given the luxury of many clothes or shoes.

I followed the tall man to a truck, one that was much bigger than the others. He stopped and opened the front passenger door and waited for me to climb inside.

I held on to the bar that was on the side finding somewhere to put my feet to try and pull myself up. As I placed my foot on the step it slipped off as the rain made it slippery, I tried again but this time I felt my weight being scooped up from the ground as strong arms engulfed me and lifted me up and practically dropped me onto the warm seat. "We haven't got all day" he spoke as he slammed the door and walked around to the driver's side where he got in with ease.

The engine roared to life "Seatbelt" he said as he put his foot down on the gas and the wheels spun churning up the ground and I was forced back into my seat. I made a grab for my belt pulling it around me and plugging it in immediately seeing how this maniac drove.

We soon caught up to the others, but this king dude wasn't hanging around he began to overtake them giving me the opportunity to see if I could see Erin in the back of the car she got in. I tried my best to get a good look but the rain and the darkness was making it to hard to see anything. I exhaled in frustration as I sat back in my seat, she had to be ok, I don't know why but I felt such a strong connection to her.

"She's fine" the King spoke calmly as he kept his eyes on the road ahead.

"What?" I asked in shock that he even spoke to me. He seemed like he was in a right mood just moments ago.

"The girl, she will be ok" I nodded slowly as I took in his facial expression trying to work out if he was being nice or if this was some sort of trap getting me to speak so he can punish me when we reach his home. "You can see her before she goes to bed if you don't believe me but I give you my word no harm will come to her" he looked at me for just a second, he seemed sincere like he was telling the truth.

"What about the rest of us?" I asked hoping it was ok.

"All the other women will be safe, you have no need to worry about them" he answered.

He said all the other women, why was I being kept from the others did I have a different fate? "And me?" I asked not really knowing if I wanted the answer or not.

"What about you?" he asked as he gripped the steering wheel even tighter, the whites of his knuckles looked as though they were ready to break through his skin.

"Will I be safe?" my voice broke.

He looked across at me this time, his eyes trailing down to my thighs where my hands were holding my shirt trying to cover myself the best I could. "I hear you are a bit of a handful at times, need some training was the correct term I believe," he said returning his eyes to the road ahead.

My body filled with dread, So this probably was going to be the end of my journey.