I woke up to a painful banging on my head. Seeing myself still naked, the memories of the night before came rushing back, forcing a smile to spread across my face.
"Stand up, I say," Zach barked at me, hitting me on the head with his boots.
"How does someone who was passionate just last night become a beast in the morning?" I probed myself.
"Well, it must be true that men can do and become anything during s*x," I concluded within me.
I didn’t mind that I was hit. I was already used to it by now, so I just stood up and, while he watched, I wore my dress.
I met Tonia and Philip standing in the reception of the motel.
"Tonia," I called out while rushing to her before Zach grabbed my hair and pulled me back.
"What do you think you are doing? You are now a slave, not the werewolf princess you grew up to be. Let that sink!" He screamed at me.
For the first time in my life, I realized I was born to be a princess. I also came to the realization that my conditions as a princess then and as a slave were not so much different.
I watched Zach pull out a bar of cigarettes and light it. He found a seat beside Philip and sat down.
"Raphael!" He called for one of his junior slavers. "Get us something to eat," he commanded.
Tonia and I stood there, watching as they ate silently. When they were done, they allowed us to have the leftovers. We were both hungry, so we rushed the food, not minding that it was not the kind of food we usually had before I was sold.
"Clear the room; the prince is here," a palace guard commanded everyone in the room. Due to the uniform, he was putting on, I was able to deduce that it was from the Blue Fang pack.
Other soldiers marched into the motel to make way for the prince. They started to push people, and one of the soldiers pushed me. While I tried to stand, Zach came to pick me up so I wouldn’t run. The way he handled me made the prince quickly notice me.
Immediately I saw him, and I recognized him. It was Reek, the Alpha of the Blue-Fang pack. He had been to my father’s palace several times, and I had been made to serve him. Upon seeing me, he recognized me too.
He took a second glance at me and then walked up to me. He seemed surprised to have found me there, so he asked his guards to bring me to him.
"Hey!" Zach called. "She is mine." He said this, sounding careful not to offend Reek yet still not willing to lose his merchandise.
"Is she?" Reek asked. "Well, if I can recall clearly, this is the daughter of the Alpha of Dawn pack, Alpha How did she become yours?" The way he talked demonstrated power in its raw form. I watched as his lips moved without much stress.
"Well, he sold her to me. She belongs to me now," Zach replied to the Alpha Prince.
He knew that he could lose both his merchandise and his life if he couldn’t convince Reek that he owned me legally.
Reek's face knotted to form a frown. He looked at me, trying to confirm the truth with my eyes. I couldn’t look him in the face at that point. I was ashamed to verify Zach’s claim of having been sold to him, but Zach could see it with my eyes.
He straightened his face and then asked Zach, "So what do you plan to do with her?"
"That is my business," Zach began to say, but on second thought rephrased.
"Sell her to someone who would be willing to pay well, I guess," he replied.
"So how much will you be willing to sell her for to a willing buyer?" Reek asked Zach. Zach had obviously not thought of that yet.
"Well, ahem, I am not yet ready to sell her yet. I still want to keep her; however, the other lady there can be sold for just a hundred dollars." He said this, pointing to Tonia.
I couldn’t imagine being away from Tonia for just a day, not to mention forever. Reek saw the apprehension on my face. He faced Zach and said
"I want both of them".
Zach looked around. He didn’t know what to say, so he just shut his mouth.
"How much would you sell both of them for?" Reek continued without giving Zach a chance to think.
"Five hundred dollars," Zach replied. He didn’t want to sell me, but the Alpha Prince was not giving him a chance to reject me, so he decided to make good money if he had to sell.
"Five hundred dollars it is," Reek said. He beckoned on a man, whom I guessed was his Beta, and whispered to him.
"Get me five hundred dollars," I heard him say to this guy.
"Is that not too much, Reek?" the young better said, attempting to discourage the Alpha prince.
No, please, don’t stop him," I prayed under my breath.
"Do what I asked of you," Zach insisted.
The money was handed to Philip, who then handed it over to Zach. It was a stack of ten-dollar notes. Zach counted the money carefully to make sure not even a dollar was missing.
He packed the money into a small pouch he hung on his shoulder wherever he went, and then he pushed me towards Reek. Philip did the same thing to Tonia, and they walked out.
My status had changed twice within twenty-four hours. I now belong to Reek. I began to wonder what made Reek pay such a huge amount of money for a frail person like me. I began to wonder what he wanted me for.
*****
"Treat them and clean them up. They are my guests," Reek said to the chief of the maidens as his beta helped him take off the royal coat hanging on his shoulders.
. The chief maid bowed and led us away. I could feel Zach’s eyes follow us as we lived in the room.
"Come back here as soon as you are done," I heard the Alpha say.
"Who!!! Me?" Tonia asked immediately.
"No, Tracy. I want to see you as soon as you get cleaned up and fed," he said, looking into my eyeballs.
I didn’t know he knew my name. I didn’t know what to say, so I nodded my head and followed the chief maid and Tracy out.
The chief maid made the other maids prepare a hot bath for us. Tonia insisted I go first and didn’t decline. My bones ached, so I rushed into the hot bath. I stayed in the bath for a while, allowing the water vapor to sublime into my bones through the holes in my skin.
The maids at our service at that time brought fresh new clothes for both of us. Tonia helped me dress. She asked me to allow her to have her bath and then give me a massage. I sat down, patiently waiting for her. She came back, dressed up as quickly as possible, and then gave me the massage of my life.