Chapter one
Rachel
Iaminthisbanquet hall; don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful. The decorations are incredible, but looking around at all these entitled rich fucks who want to buy humans, these people make me sick. If I could kill them all, I would. Alex and I stay in the shadows until it's time for action. Alex told us generally what was going to happen. Unfortunately, our plan won't go into action until Olivia has been completely exposed. Alex says he knows his grandfather can’t resist a ridiculously high bid, so when the bidding starts, he will let it play out a little bit, and then he will make a ridiculous offer to win Olivia
I see my girl sitting in a chair near the stage, looking as if scanning the area thoroughly. She looks absolutely stunning tonight. Her auburn hair is curled and falling down her back. She is wearing an emerald dress that complements her pale skin to perfection. Her makeup is subtle but makes her blue/green eyes pop, and her lips look kissable, just as I like them. But in reality, Olivia is the only girl I have wanted. Before her, I had never been attracted to a woman at all. But something about Olivia has captured me like a moth to a flame.
I didn’t realize how quickly I could care for someone either, but all it took was one night with her, followed by losing her, to know that I wanted to try my hardest to make this work. I want her and Alex. I don’t understand it, but it’s what I feel. After everything with Andrew, you don't want to pass up perfection when you see it in the flesh.
“Good evening, everyone.” An older man who resembles an older version of Alex says this into a microphone on the stage, grabbing everyone's attention.
”Tonight is a very special night, and I have a surprise in store for you,” he says.
The chatter starts to rumble through the crowd.
“What surprise?” A man next to me says.
“I wonder what it could be?” Another lady whispers.
I look at Alex and cock a brow, but he shrugs his shoulders. I would have thought he would have known.
We are almost certain that Olivia will be up for auction tonight. The intel we received from Oliver’s team, combined with what Alex could gather from his grandfather’s team, led us to this assumption.
“Usually, my annual auctions are a little more of the mixed variety, if you know what I mean.” Alex’s grandfather says. The crowd around us gives a small chuckle at his words, and I roll my eyes. Mixed variety… Fucking gross. This man gives me all the creeps. I feel like I need to take a shower just after being around these fuckers.
Alex puts his hand on my lower back to calm me down. Given everything we had learned, he knows how worked up I am right now.
“But this year, not only will I have the usual product up for auction, but I also have a beautiful woman who is quite unique up for auction tonight as well.”My fucking woman, I wanted to yell at him. I wanted to go up knives swinging and demand that he hand her over. How dare he take what is mine!
But I have to keep my cool. We have a plan; if I let my hot-headedness get the best of me, I will ruin it all and possibly get us killed in the process.
I see four men in suits walk up behind Olivia, who is seated in her chair. One grabs her, pulls her up, and wraps his arms around her. She starts to kick and scream, and it breaks my heart.
“Tony, Stop! Get your hands off of me!” I hear her yell. The sound of fear in her voice causes my heart to strain and my blood to boil. She sounds so hopeless in that yell.
Tony.
Noted.
Tony, you are mine! You will be my kill tonight, mark my fucking words!
I grab Alex’s arm and pull him down to me while he watches Olivia in horror.
“I want that Tony fucker! You can kill anyone else, but Tony is mine.” I am stern, with no room for argument. The fire in my blood is screaming for revenge.
“Ok, babe. He is yours. But we have to wait until it’s time.” I nod at him. I know I have to wait, but I don’t have to like it.
“She is a feisty one.” The dark-haired man next to me says. My hands ball into fists, so tight that my nails are cutting into my skin. I want to punch him in the face!
“I wouldn’t mind a piece of that.” The lady in the blue dress with her brown hair pinned up on the top of her head, holding onto a blonde-haired man’s arm, says.
“I wish Lopez always brought these types of women instead of the ugly ones and kids; I would buy more often, " a short, bald man in front of us says.
All these comments make me murderous. As if I weren't barely holding on already, I would be now. These fuckers are nasty!
Tony gets Olivia on stage, and you can see the pure terror on her face. Alex’s grandfather leans down and talks to Olivia, and so does that fucker Tony. After whatever they say, Olivia becomes even paler in the face.
“Let's get this show on the road, shall we?” Booms through the speakers around the room, and you can feel the excitement buzzing through the room. Olivia looks at Grandpappy like he has lost his damn mind. Because obviously, he has!
