THE MOON'S FALL

Chapter Seven

Adriana's POV

The gates to the courtyard are pushed open by the guard. As we walked into the courtyard. it was easy to differentiate humans from the rest. The humans were in the centre with ropes tied around their wrist. The others, whatever species they were sat on chairs surrounding the arena.

The scene around me looked like things I watched on TV as a kid. I am scanning through the crowd looking for my family. I move closer to the crowd still searching.

I feel a hand on my shoulder so I stop in my tracks and turn. " Oh my God you're alive. I thought I lost you guys" I say as I hug my brother. He looks a mess.

"Why did they take you?" Jeremy asks with worry evident in his tone. " I don't know just woke up few minutes ago. I am sure they didn't do anything to me at least not yet" I tell him trying to ease his worry.

"Where are the rest?" I ask Luis. There's a sad look plastered on his face "Dad and Ella are fine. We left them to come look for you" he says with a not so excited tone. I look at Jeremy but he looks away.

There is something they are not telling me. "But?" I query. "We can't find my sister. Mira is missing" he stated.

Shit! I looked up to my brother and I could see the pain in his eyes. His worst fears were playing right in front of his eyes. She couldn't have died "Don't worry guys we'll find her" I say not really sure how.

We all hear the sound of a bell so the place goes quiet. The gate in front of us is swung open " All the females go this way" A guard announced.

We started walking towards the gate which led to another hall. The gates were closed behind us.

The lights are turned on. There were three men sitting in front of us. The man in the middle is huge. His throne is black with gold snake like patterns around it. He was obviously the boss around here.

I look to his right and to say I'm shocked to see who is seated there would be an understatement.

It just had to be Jeffrey.

I always felt there was something off about him since the day he mysteriously appeared at our house few months ago.

" The younger females to my right while the older ones to my left. Arrange yourselves quickly " he ordered.

We obey the guard and form two lines. As we get sorted my eyes meet with those of Sarella. I feel a rush of anger course through my body. We wouldn't be in this mess if she didn't fall for the lies that dickhead kept telling her. She fell for the trap he set and we lost focus on what was important. That's why we are in this mess

I look away from her and keep my focus on

the shaking Mira in front of me. Fortunately we were the last on the line so there was little attention coming our way.

" The older women according to orders from the king have been assigned to housekeeping. Follow the lady by the gates to receive instructions and your uniforms " The guard announces.

The women start moving towards a scary looking lady. My eyes keep searching for my mother. Unfortunately I couldn't find her and the last woman just left the courtyard.

" The rest of you will present yourselves in groups of three's according to how you're arranged. First three move forward " He commands.

Three ladies walk towards the thrones. The man in the middle seems uninterested in what was happening.

Jeffrey stands up " This one goes to my harem " he says pointing to the lady in the middle. The other guy at the extreme stands and says"this one goes to my packs w***e house" .

"They are auctioning us but without payments" I say to Mira, my blood boils.

The cycle continues, more ladies are selected and placed in different groups.

There are four groups from my observation, Ground duty, kitchen duty, housekeeping and w***e house. The w***e houses belong to Jeffrey and the other wolf guy.

The line in front of us keeps shortening. The feeling of uncertainty has me on a chokehold.

Sarella is part of the next group and as much as I don't want to care, I still do. I still feel hurt by her lack of trust but I can't deny that I'll feel more hurt if she is sent off to a w***e house.

It's her turn. I look straight at Jeffrey. I know he doesn't care about her and the stupid smirk on his face tells me he is planning something crazy.

He looks at me with the smirk still planted on his face. I really want to slap out that smirk off his features.

" This one will be my personal w***e " he states pointing at Sarella. I really want to knock off the victorious smirk on his face.

"What the f**k" I say to Mira unconsciously. How much more insults would he throw at her. The annoying fact is that she is foolish enough to still think there is hope in whatever s**t they had.

It was our turn. Our destinies were about to be decided by three men. 'I would rather kill myself than f**k Jeffrey' I say to myself. I can't even imagine a fate worse than that.

Once we are In front of the three men, I get a closer view. The guy in the middle has this aura around him. It's obvious he's the most powerful. I can't lie, he's good looking but very deadly.

The guy beside Jeffery has a calm look. He also looks scary but there's a calmer aura. He looks more put together.

"Ground duty" he says to the girl at our right. I can see the fear all over Mira. Jeffrey looks at me with a wicked grin. Realisation hit, he is going to do something crazy.

" You ( pointing at Mira) , the w***e house" Jeffrey says. He knows what he is doing. He is trying his best to provoke me and it's working.

I have to keep my emotions in check. I can't let him push me into doing something crazy or making drastic decisions.

" I plead to make a switch. I'll take her place in the w***e house and Jeffrey, you should know better" I say with all the politeness I can muster. How can he try s**t like that knowing that she just got married.

For the first time today, the guy in the middle stands and speaks, " I see we have got ourselves a little smart mouth. Human, were you not told never to speak unless spoken to ". I feel like strangling him. The way he looks at me is down right degrading but there's this aura around him that's very intoxicating and intimidating.

He keeps eye contact "There would be no switching of positions. You will be my personal slave. The other girl will be moved to kitchen duty and that's final", he states as he makes his way down the throne.

"I'll wait to see how far you can go. It'll be very entertaining watching you break every step of the way" he says to me before leaving the hall.