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“Buy me and I will curse you all to your deaths. Don’t fucking buy me or you’ll regret it.”
Tears, real tears, are falling down my face. Tears of shock and exhaustion and grief.
And there is nothing I can do to stop crying.
My curses deter no one, and neither does my crying, I realize angrily. More hands with paddles on them have shot up.
The dark elf laughs loudly.
I recognize the elf closest to the stage who has now bid the most on me. He is known for his cruelty, and his ugly smile terrifies me.
I blink my eyes that sting with tears, and the room glitters around me. It smells rank, like sweat and drying shit.
Bile rises to my throat, but I know I cannot give up. Maybe I can escape.
This time, my struggles are more violent, and the elves must have lost their patience. They restrain me more forcefully.
And their claws draw blood. I fall to my knees as blood wells up from deep scrapes on both my arms.
My tears, this time, are silent.
The auction room goes quiet.
Are they shocked? Did these superior creatures think that humans didn’t bleed?
The dark elf has ordered the servants to take me to the back. I will probably be punished there.
But just then, a loud, growling snarl comes from the back of the room.
Monster.
Because that is what it is.
It has thrown itself at the stage, a big, dark, hulking figure. It has clawed hands, and red eyes glitter from its face.
The elf servants jump into action, trying to restrain it.
Why is the monster coming for the stage?
The thought comes to me distractedly. Because I have seen my chance.
GO! NOW!
I slip away from the elves, who are too focused on subduing the beast. I don’t care any longer that I am barefoot and bleeding.
But I am not fast enough. Because a dark elf shifts out of the darkness as I run past. He grabs me. He must have been waiting for me.
“You’re all mine,” he grins down at me. “And I don’t even have to pay for you. You will be a nice treat that I keep chained to my bed.”
My blood is cold, and I am shivering in his grip.
It is over. I know it is. Dark elves have magic. He will probably disappear with me now.
But someone disagrees.
The growl is low and rumbling and darker than the nighttime.
It is unnatural and the elf hisses.
