The Breeder's Escape

**Sold to the cruelest alpha** **Zayna's POV** I stood at the window, my gaze lost in the darkness beyond the glass. The sound of raucous laughter and clinking glasses drifted from the grand hall, echoing through the empty corridors like a haunting melody. My heart raced as I waited for the inevitable, my mind by the looming auction. The one where I would be the prize. "Why does it have to be me?" I muttered in distress as I thought about how tired my days would become. "Zayna!" My mother's voice pierced the silence, followed by the soft creak of the door. Her pitiful eyes met mine, and I felt a lump form in my throat. "Mum..." I whispered, rushing into her embrace. She held me tight, as if trying to shield me from the horrors that awaited. I wished it would be able to shield me from the pain that occupied my heart. "You need to go out there now," she whispered urgently. "Your father...I mean, your stepfather has called for you." My mom was as weak as I was. But what can she do? I pulled back, desperation etched on my face. "Mum, please. You know what this means. You can't let them do this to me." Tears streamed down her face as she shook her head. "I'm sorry, baby. My hands are tied. If I could, I would—" I knew the rest. She couldn't protect me from the monster who had taken my father's place as Alpha of the Green Oak pack. The one who saw me as nothing more than a pawn to be used and discarded. Some of us may have 130 days to leave while some have 1,000 years, but for some, it's just today and we have to adhere. With a heavy heart, I followed her to the grand hall, the sounds of the banquet growing louder with each step. I knew what awaited me – a fate worse than death. The Alpha's Huddle, where I would be sold to the highest bidder like a commodity. As we entered the hall, all eyes turned to me, and the room erupted into chaos. Prices were shouted, and I felt my soul being torn apart. I was nothing more than a prize to be won, a pawn in their twisted game of power and control. As their erratic voices kept sounding like that of a blade being scarred into my skin. "The highest bidder would take you little slut home." An Alpha muttered with a menacing tone. "Zayna, please serve tea to the Alpha's, will you?." Dad ordered and I glared at him with narrowed eye lids. I wasn't supposed to be here in the first place and now he was ordering me to serve them tea. He was doing all these for a purpose and now I knew what it was. As I served the tea, one of the Alpha's s*****d my buttocks making me drop the hot tea pot on him in anger. The silence that followed was priceless as everyone stared at me with mouth agape. I knew what they were expecting, they expected me to kneel and beg for mercy but I could only do that if I did something wrong. He s*****d my ass without my permission, I sprinkled a little tea on him without his permission. Which is exactly a win win. "Apologize to the Alpha now!." Dad growled from his seat as he charged towards me but he knew that once he saw that vehement look on my face, I won't apologize. "I'm sorry for her carelessness." Dad apologized in my stead while casting me death glares. "If she won't apologize with her mouth then we could settle it some other way, sell her to me." He said and I felt my heart fall into my stomach. "Okay —." Dad was about to say something when an Alpha interrupted him. He was the Almighty Alpha Blade of the Midnight Stalkers Pack. The rumored devil in disguise. "I'm buying her." He stated and I swerved to look at his face that wasn't quite visible due to the little illumination in the room. "I asked for her first, Alpha Blade." This asshole of a man protested but I still wondered within me if this day wasn't going to get better. "Alpha Damon, do you have a problem with me buying her?." Alpha Blade queried leaning forward and I could see Alpha Damon gulp down saliva in fear. "No, Alpha Blade." He answered and I was mortified to the bones. If he had this kind of effect on Alpha's then he really was a demon. "Good! So everything is settled, I'm buying her." He affirmed and a few moments later, documents were being signed while I ran out of the grand hall to my room to wail. Dear goddess, please let there be a rethink. But later, mum came to announce to me that indeed I had been sold and bought. And not just bought by anyone...... I was sold by my cruel step father! And bought by the cruelest Alpha king of all time.