The Demon King's Favorite

Chapter Five

"Line up on the wall" came the command.

"The builders deal with construction, the workers clean and make sure everywhere is neat and the breeders, well as the name implies breed our offspring. A disease mutated we demoni and made us incapable of doing that and we need to need to keep our race alive. The breeders will soon find out what that is" Drusus explained with an evil glint in his eyes.

I shifted uneasily, not knowing which category I was going to fall into. I wished with every bone in my body not to be in the breeders category. I sure as hell don't want to be an incubator for a demon's spawn.

"All the males move to the left, you're automatically in the builder's section"

"Now for the females...hmm, not full enough" she said circling a dark haired petite female.

"Not yet matured" she said to a girl around fifteen.

I was the last on the line and the dread at the pit of my stomach kept building as he came closer.

"Now you, worker or breeder? Let's see" He drawled circling around me. "Worker, we don't want you killing our offsprings"

"Time to meet your masters" He said placing collars of our section on our necks.

We were lead out to a podium and were greeted with whistles and cheers. The room felt stuffy and was filled with demons of all size drinking and laughing. A strange smell was making me lightheaded and giddy and I scrunched up my face. The demons leered at us and I was once more grateful for being a worker instead of breeder.

Clearing his throat Drusus addressed the audience, "We all know how this auction goes, I'll start from the builders" gesturing towards a lanky dark skinned male."The price starts at 20 gold coins"

"30 gold coins" said a voice at the back.

"35" said another. It went on for some time till he was later sold for 50 gold coins.

Was that all we were worth?

Suddenly, they became quiet and the atmosphere felt different. I looked up and I was met with the darkest eyes I had ever seen on a demon. All the others I had seen till now were all red and I wondered why his were different. He stood a head taller than others and even from the distance, I could see the horns on his head were longer and thicker than every other demon in the room. His hair was jet black and braided away from his face with little wisps decorating his forehead. He was dressed in an all black leather suit with two swords in a cross cross at his back and a dagger hooked lazily at his waist, even with his relaxed poses, it was obvious he was dangerous. As he came closer, muscles seemed to bunch and ripple under the suit. Demons all over the room dropped to a bow and with a nod of his head, the auction was continued.

"Thank you for gracing us with your presence, General Agyris"  Drusus said in the nicest tone I've ever heard him use and I scoffed.

What a sycophant and suck up.

"Now for the breeders, as you can all see. This black beauty her is just at the peak of her prime with rounded hips for holding a child and full perky breasts which will even be fuller after childbirth. The price starts from 100 gold coins"

"200 gold coins" slurred a short demon.

"250" said another.

"350" shouted another at the back.

"600" slurred the first demon again.

"Anyone else?" Drusus asked looking around. "And sold. Come take her, she's all yours". The other breeders were soon sold and it was soon my turn.

"This here is a worker. She may look small but I assure you, she has the stamina to work and clean for hours. Also, if you get tired of going to the breeding house, she has few perks I'm sure will relieve your itch" He stated with his hand fondling my breasts.

Before I knew what I was doing, my hand had struck his face. I focused all the pent-up anger I had been holding in that one slap and I couldn't hide the satisfaction on my face when I saw a drop of black blood trickle from a corner of his mouth but my joy was soon short lived as Drusus's eyes changed to a dangerous shade of red. He raised a hand to hit me back and I raised my chin not backing down.

"Stop!" said a powerful husky voice.

***

"Agyris you need an heir" said Her majesty, Queen Trix. "I know I'm  dying and I have no heir, you would be next in line to the throne. If you were to die, it would move to Drusus and we both know she would do a terrible job".

"I am not ready for an offspring yet, Your majesty" I say trying to explain.

"You would deny your dying Queen a wish?"

Sighing with exasperation, "Your wish is my command, Your majesty." I leave the room and head in the direction of the auction house.No matter how much I disliked the idea of my impending responsibility, I would do whatever the Queen wished of me. Hopefully, I'll see one to my taste who will be worthy of being the mother of my offspring, I don't want to make the mistake of choosing the wrong human this time. 

The noise inside subsided as I entered and my eyes were drawn to a little auburn haired human on the stage, even with the metal collar on her neck, she stood there with a fierce and proud look. She immediately caught my eyes and I wanted her. 

Nodding to them to continue, Drusus started introducing the breeders but none of them caught my eye like the red haired human. It was really a pity, she was a worker and not a breeder, I'd have bought her for myself. Then she moved to the fiery head human, "she may look small but I assure you, she has stamina to work and clean for hours. Also, if you get tired of going to the breeding house, she has few perks to relieve your itch" Drusus said fondling the human's breasts. That was a mistake on her part. 

A look of indignation crossed the human's features and a hard, dirty slap landed on Drusus's left cheek. The whole room fell silent and I could see the barely contained anger and the tension in Drusus' shoulders and I knew he was about to hit her. Hard.

"Stop!" I commanded as Drusus raised his fist back in retaliation.

With the rebellious streak of the human, It was obvious no one would want her as a worker and she'll be demoted to a breeder. Drusus would seek pleasure in tormenting her for the humiliation he suffered. The thought of someone else touching her made my blood boil for reasons I could not understand and I spilled the words before I could rethink my decision.

"I'll take her for 2000 gold coins"