Ace panicked—her eyes weren’t fully concealed yet. So he blurted out, “I’m in love with Snow!” ********* Human World ILLEGAL BIDDING GROUND A girl, around nineteen, was shoved onto the stage—her hands chained, her wrists soaked in wolfsbane, her eyes glazed with silver and fear. Her pupils glowed faintly red, fangs barely visible, pale skin slick with oil under the stage lights. "Half-werewolf, half-human," the host announced. Her tear-filled eyes shimmered under the lustful gazes of the men watching. The air stank—liquor, cigarettes, and the pungent smell of s*x. A slave and a buyer were openly making out right in front of thousands. The slave’s tears dripped silently to the floor, her face hollow, her eyes dull with weakness and helplessness. No fight left. Just shame. She had b

