Can The Caged Bird Sing?

Chapter 24 Collecting The Prize

---Quinton's POV---

The room around us just erupts making it so loud that I can't even hear my own thoughts because my ears are ringing. I hear men throwing out bids and I can't help but throw up my paddle up to bid too, because I want to be involved in this decision or at least try to be, even though I know I won't win this because I can afford it.. I couldn't even afford to keep her from this place there is no way I'm winning this. I watch the man that's escorting her, spin her a couple times around as the dress flares out showing the bottom of her buttcheeks making the room louder than it's ever been at just the mere sight of her looking sexy. I can smell the men's arousal and it's getting Tyberious all riled up.

The bidding continues on for longer than the other people took to be sold.. These two men that are really going at it for her and not looking like they will be backing down anytime soon, at least not willingly.. they are bringing the price up and up and up until next thing I know, one huffs in defeat as he backs out and leaves it at the suprising price of 5 and a half million dollars! Holy hell.. I never knew someone would be that willing to pay that much for someone especially someone they've never met.. taking that huge of a risk is mind-blowing at least for myself.. I just can't fathom why someone would do that.. I don't care how lonely you are, that's crazy.. even though I do admit that if I did have that kind of money I would be willing to spend that for her but that's not because I want her body or what she could offer to do for me like these men, it's because I want to help her and be with her.. to make her as happy as I can because her smile is the most beautiful I've ever seen. It warms my heart, making it beat so fast, just at the mere sight of it. I would do anything to make her smile and she deserves the type of happy ending.. Hasn't she had enough Moon Goddess? At this point it just doesn't seem fair, like the Goddess is purposely hurting her or something like that.. for what reason, who knows.

I notice the man quickly jumps up in excitement, cheering and giving his friends sitting around him high fives at the fact that he won her after that longer than expected battle between him and the other bidder. The one who lost is yelling at the other one just throwing a fit at the fact that he lost this. But that's not the winners problem that he had more money to throw away. That's just luck I guess.

I look over to the stage, noticing the guy behind Evelyn talking to her but she just rolls her eyes and spats something back at him multiple times. You can tell by her body language that she is annoyed with him or maybe just this whole situation.. who knows. But either way she looks hot as hell, heated up with intensity in her eyes focusing on this situation around her while being paraded around.. She makes anything look so F*#king good, I won't deny how hypnotizing she is. But I have to keep stopping myself because this isn't a good thing no matter how good she looks right now.

Celine leans over to me getting my attention from Evelyn and pulling Shane with her, so I do the same with Evan to make sure we can all hear what she has to say.

"Now that he has won we should follow him to wherever he is taking her.. we just need to keep a close eye and maybe we can retrieve her before they get into his place.. But first they are going to take her back to the room to be locked up until his payment goes through.. once the Trader has his money then he will give her to him. That's when we can follow them out." I nod at her explaination because she's right, that's probably our best bet to getting her back because this place is really taken care of when it comes to being locked up.

"Ok then we will sit here and watch him and go with the flow." I say to them as we all nod in understanding of the newest part of the plan, since we are just winging it at this point and hoping for the best.

The lights stay dimmed as they start bringing out weapons I have never even heard of with the target bidding here and there, but not too many items intrigue him.. probably because of what else he has to collect.

I watch my target shake hands with some of the people around him as he says his goodbyes with a couple more men following him out. Celine elbows me to let me know they are leaving but I'm already getting ready to stand as she does this. So we casually walk out of the room, watching him and his men make their way over to a small woman standing at a podium in the middle of the stairs, blocking the stairs for anyone to ascend without her permission.. And she is surrounded by intimidating men to back her up.

I notice the target taking out a card as she takes it from his hand and running it for the payment. She smiles big at him, handing him the card back. She points up the stairs that I tried to climb earlier. As I watch a guard escorting them up the stairs and out of our sight.

I turn around to look at Celine, "So how long does it take for them to collect their prize?" She shakes her head before replying, "Not long at all we can just pretend to meander around here for a second until he comes down and then we can get our car and follow them home if you would like." I nod at that liking that idea.

That is until we are interrupted by one of the guards. "Hello friends sorry to interrupt but we cannot have anyone wandering around over here.. you have to go back to the auditorium or you have to leave, unless you need to pay for a prize with her." The guy says as Celine starts to stumble around acting drunk, I think as an excuse for us. "I'm so sorry Steven I had a little too much to drink and I needed some fresh air.. my owner was trying to help me out." She says falling all around as Shane grabs hold of her.

The guys stares at Shane as he says in a cocky tone, "I love getting her drunk, makes my job a whole lot easier for us both." He winks at the guard as he chuckles and nods then stating in warning, "Ok I'm sorry just don't stand here too much longer, you already know those rules Celine.. and you know I can't give you anymore warnings after this, so wander somewhere else."

We all nod to him before retorting, "Ok we will." I say as he walks away and Celine goes back to acting normal. "Ok so they should be down here any minute.. we might have to step out first so we don't look suspicious watching her.. but they will lead us out if the property right away.. So we can't even just sit in our car for a little bit." She explains to us as I hear an all too famiure voice projecting down the stairs gaining all of our attention.

"Leave me alone! I don't care what you paid for me! I'm not yours! Put me down before I make you put me down!" Evelyn demands from one of the men carrying her down the stairs over his shoulder. Hitting his back over and over again while we hear growls coming out from her wolf as a warning to the man carrying her.

The man who bought her is just laughing at her yelling as he casually says to his men. "This is going to be fun taming that feisty little minx. I can't wait!" they smile at him as they walk out of the front doors and we just follow behind them out those same doors.

She hasn't even noticed us at all as she continues to hit and kick like her life depends on it and in a way it does. I like that she never stopped fighting. She is so strong.

"How can you just buy someone like this! Doesn't it bother you that you will NEVER have my heart?!" She yells in protest to the man who paid for her.

"Well that's not true, you never know.. you might come around eventually.. have you ever heard of Stockholm syndrome?" He playfully spats as the men laugh and keep walking behind him until they come to a stop and the man gives his ticket to the valet.

"No you will never have my heart because a Beta in another pack already has it!" She spats at him making me smile since I just hope she is talking about me. I get elbowed by Evan who is smiling about the same thing.

"Well then if you already have your mate then why aren't you with him?" He asks her as she spats back. "Because my father is an asshole that hates me and would rather make money then see me happy with the man I want to be with."

"Oh well in that case you can just go." the man states to her as she freezes up. "Really? you would do that for me?" She asks with so much suprise in her words. He busts up laughing at her expense responding, "No I wouldn't do that.. I just paid good money for you.. I don't care if I have your heart or not because I don't need that I just need you to have pups for me.. that it. Hate me all you want I don't care.. just open those legs of yours." He spats smacking her ass as I find myself growling at that response.

He turns around glaring at me as he says, "You better back off pup before we have a real problem.. she is mine and mine alone.. you hear me?" He says as Celine elbows me in the side so I put my hands up in surrender. He turns back around as the car approaches.

The man gets his door opened for him as he climbs in the back first, with Evelyn being thrown in behind him.. Then the other two men climb into the front seats of the car, driving off. We hand our ticket to the guy as he leaves and I just watch the car drive off out of the property with my foot bouncing just wanting to catch up.

Our car gets here and I jump in without a second to lose staring out the window for the car that already left. The guards look at me suspiciously but the rest of my crew take their time because Celine is still pretending to be drunk for our case.. luckily I have them here or I would have already been in trouble.