Chapter 9 In Exchange For Gold
Rever
"Slave?" They both echoed again.
What's up with the speech tandem? I wondered. Surely Fania hadn't raised a clone of herself had she?
" Yes," I replied, pausing to take a particularly long sip of my drink. " Sharon, the girl that opened the door," I added.
It's a good thing I hadn't been expecting that she would be hit with a pang of conscience when she would tell me Sharon was her daughter and walk me out of her house for daring to utter Such, or I would have been sorely disappointed.
Instead, a calculating look came into her eyes as she gave me a critical once-over.
" Why?" She asked a one-word question that held a lot. Luckily I had come prepared.
" I watched her in the market yesterday.... and she's the kind of girl the Alpha likes......to work for him," I replied, making sure to avoid her gaze and put enough innuendo into my words to make her think I was buying her to be a sx slave. I had to hide my smirk when the look on her face showed that my little trick had worked.
" What makes you think I'll be willing to sell?" She asked after a slight pause.
" I don't know how much you paid for her, but I can assure you, you'll be making a tidy profit," I replied.
" How much are you willing to offer?" She demanded.
" A hundred golden seals," I replied smoothly.
Her sudden gasp which she quickly masked with a cough was all I needed.
The greedy btch was going to sell her daughter, could she be any more heartless?
She tilted her head to the left and tapped her chin with her finger in a parody of considering my offer when we both knew there was nothing to consider.
" Fine." She finally said.
" But just because you're here on behalf of the Alpha, I couldn't refuse his grace now could I?" She asked, putting on quite a performance.
" Please understand ma'am, that neither his grace nor I will force you to sell to us, we'll abide by whatever choice you make," I said, playing along with her performance. If I hadn't known what a manipulative btch she was, I would have been tempted to take her words at face value.
" That's very noble of his grace." She replied, sarcasm dripping from her voice in no small amount.
" Thank you, ma'am," I replied, pretending I hadn't heard the sarcasm.
" I'll leave the money now and come back for my purchase in two hours." I continued pulling a heavy coin purse from my cloak pocket.
The daughter's eyes went as wide as saucers as I upturned the purse and poured an avalanche of gold coins on the table in front of her mother.
" I won't be offended if you wish to count before I leave," I said, sitting back in my seat.
" No...." She stuttered, swallowing hard, her eyes fixed on the pile of coins. She might have been one of the most powerful wolves in the entire Golden Lamp pack, but she certainly wasn't one of the wealthiest. I was pretty sure she hadn't seen so much money, at least not in one place.
" I'm sure there's no need." She added.
" Alright then," I said getting to my feet.
" I'll be back in two hours, make sure my.
merchandise is ready." I finished before leaving mother and daughter to themselves.
I let myself out, stopping at the doorstep to breathe deeply in relief before I walked on. I had arrangements to make. Sharon had lived through a tough life, and now she was being sold to someone she had never met. The goddess alone knew how scared the poor girl would be, the least I could do was make her journey to the castle as smooth as possible.
With that in mind, I went in search of a carriage to buy, if I didn't find one for sale I could always shed my Mikel Franson's persona and commandeer one as the Alpha.
Sharon
" Please," I begged, falling to my knees and clasping my hands out in front of me. "Please don't do this to me." I pleaded.
" It's already done." My mother snapped at me.
" Now wipe your silly tears and go get yourself ready." She added.
" Please, you can't do this to me." I tried to reason with her again.
"You're cursed, and I'll forever regret the fact that I didn't feed you to wild boars the day you were born. The goddess alone knows what heinous offense you must have committed in your past life to be so cursed in your present one." My mother heaped abuses on me from her perch on the settee with my younger sister.
" Please, Mother," I begged from where I was kneeling on the floor in front of the settee.
"Don't you dare call me mother?" She shrieked getting to her feet to hit me across the face before falling back into her seat, panting deeply.
Cradling my face in my hands, I let my tears fall. Wouldn't it be better to leave this world and this pain behind? I wondered.
" You heard her," Vienna said.
" Now go pack your things and wait for your new master. You're now the alpha's property." She added.
" Please, Vi," I begged, crawling forward and grabbing hold of her legs.
" Let go of me." She snapped, kicking me with such vigor that I fell flat on the hard wooden floor.
"Don't be so sad." She purred getting to her feet.
" I hear the Alpha doesn't treat his little playmates too badly. Isn't that right mother?" She asked.
" It sure is darling." My mother assured her.
" And once he's done with them, he gives them a merciful end." She added before they walked out of the room together, leaving me to lie there and cry my eyes out.
My own family had sold me. SOLD ME. Sold me as a sx slave to a man who would kill me once he was done with me.
This was great.... just great.
Nothing less than what I deserved though.