Alpha Karren's POV The moment had arrived. Demons were in the realm. Today Selena will be handed over to me. A contractor has been signed and there is no going back. The moon hung high in the sky, casting an eerie glow over the clearing where the exchange was to take place. My soldiers stood behind me, their bodies rigid, ready for anything. Across the clearing, the demon elders stood like dark statues, their crimson eyes flickering in the moonlight. And in the center of it all, her. Selena. She stood alone. Her black hair fell in soft waves over her shoulders, and her deep violet eyes burned with defiance. She was unlike any demon I had ever seen, her features softer, her expression more human than monstrous. But there was something undeniably powerful about her presence. My b

