Chapter 4: Pain

Allegra POV;

Shivering with excitement, I waited. Despite Laura's protest, we had come up with a plan to sneak be in and be part of the ladies to be auctioned. As much as I was disgusted with the idea of it all, I'd do anything to get to him, Vincenzo.

The moment my eyes clashed with his as I stood in the cage, tears welled up in my eyes as past memories haunted me. Vincenzo looked more matured and cold. His chiseled jaw that ticked every five seconds, his black obsidian eyes that glinted each passing second it stared into mine.

I was scared for me!

Hearing him ask for my head to be raised had given me more confidence. The look in his eyes as he had stared at me made me shiver as I thought of every possible naughty little thing.

I had my hopes up high not until those harsh words came spilling out of his mouth; stone not gold; trash.

I could barely stand on my feet as those words rang in my ears while he stared at me with nothing but disgust in his eyes. Had I misjudged?

"Selling for $2,000,000! 1…2….3…SOLD!"

These words snapped me out of my reverie and alarm bells rang in my head as the cage was slowly opened.

I had bought my way in and there was no way to buy myself out anymore. This was the rule and now that my plan didn't go as planned, it felt like I was walking on eggshells.

I stared up at the fat bellied man I was sold to and the disgust on my face was hard to miss.

Peering his brown set of teeth at me as he stared lewdly, I visibly cringed while I thought of my next course of action.

I needed to get out of here,as fast as I could, even if it meant with my life on the line because I knew the moment I got sold to someone else, there was no going back.

I needed to escape and if not now, no way again.

Seeing the doors of the cage open, I knew this was my chance. I hated the fact that my body was exposed giving these assholes the chance to leer at me.

Despite this, I was determined to leave here fast while I mind linked Laura. God knows where that god-damned doctor is!

As the door opened, I sprinted out, barely slipping out of the hands of the fat bellied man as I stumbled towards the backstage.

"Get her! She must not leave!" I heard yellings behind me as I mind linked Laura to meet in the agreed location, outside the dungeon.

Moving backstage, I immediately snatched some clothes and put them on. Unfortunately, it was an extraordinarily large gown but that was enough to cover my nakedness for the meantime.

"Help us!" The cries of help immediately made me halt in my steps as I turned to look at where it came from.

Far from my escape route and nearer to the traffickers were two young ladies who had marks of torture on them. They looked no less than nineteen despite their malnourished state.

Tears streamed down their faces as they looked at me like I was the only thread they were clinging unto.

I could hear the search for me getting closer but without thinking twice,I sprinted towards the cage, immediately unlocking it as I helped them out.

Chains were strapped to their body and as they pulled at it, I knew there was no time to free them until we were somewhere safe.

Pulling their hands as I threw each of them a piece of gown like mine,I sprinted with their hands in mine towards the escape route and just as I got to the entrance, a group of armed men appeared before us, each with ill intent.

"Not so fast, where do you think you're going?" One of them asked with a bat in his hand. All men were werewolves, thankfully.

"This is going to be easy," I mumbled to myself as I pushed the two ladies behind me, urging them to hide.

Cracking my knuckles, I prepared to fight but then, the first wave of dizziness hit me like a hurricane.

"What the fuck was that?" I asked rather loudly with my hand on my forehead.

I stared up at the men before me and the smile on their faces was hard to miss.

"The drug is starting to take effect. She will be asleep soon," one of the men who looked like the leader spoke up.

"No shit!" I whispered, realizing I had been drugged with an overdose of anesthesia. I knew it was an overdose because the required dose wasn't enough to make me dizzy, leading to one point- overdose.

"Let's do this fast!" With a blurry gaze,I yelled as I immediately attacked unsteadily.

I grabbed onto a heavy rod and swung at the men who seemed to have been taking me for granted, thinking I could do nothing in my state.

"You caused this upon yourselves!" I yelled as I swung the rod around, hitting them where the sun doesn't shine as most of them fell to the floor, groaning in pain.

Using this distraction, I called for the ladies, pulling them along with me as we ran out of there with the men who could endure the pain, hot on our tails.

I mind linked Laura, urging her as the two ladies guided me.

I could see the express road ahead making me heave a sigh of relief and just then, I felt each of their hands slip out of mine as they were pulled away by two of the men who caught up to us.

"Let me go!" One of the ladies screamed as she fought. At this point, I could barely see a thing as dizziness slowly consumed me.

A bright light suddenly shone ahead and without thinking further, I sprinted right in front of it, on the road.

The loud screeching of tires pierced the air as the vehicle came to a halt while I laid on the floor, dizziness seeping into my bones.

Soon, a pair of shiny shoes appeared before me as a mouthwatering scent entered into my nostrils.

"What the f*CK is happening here?"

His voice, none other than VINCENZO.

The last thing I felt before blacking out was the feeling of his arms wrapped around me as he lifted me.