The Lycan King's Breeder novel Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Avalyn's POV

This time, I didn't just feel the vibration of his growl deep in my stomach, my heart rammed in my chest as my blood pumped five times faster.

He wasn't human. I could tell that now. The aura eluding his being brought nothing but fear.

I trembled like an abandoned leaf as my eyes slowly went up to peep at him. The early morning sun made it difficult for me to see him clearly at such an angle and I couldn't tell if I was grateful for this or not.

My father greedily went over the bags and started going through the coins. The sound of the metal pieces kissing one another echoed in the room.

On a good day, it could have been classified as a calming sound but at that point, it felt horrible. It felt like a death machine —my death machine.

"You can have her!" My stepmother chirped pushing me towards the towering man.

The push was so sudden that I lose my balance as I wavered toward him. He held me by the arm and his grey eyes lowered to meet mine. The world went silent and only the beat of my heart remained.

My body felt completely weak and I could have passed out but for his strong grip on my arm.

"Do you have anything valuable in this house that you will like to take with you?" His voice was surprisingly gentle as he spoke to me.

"No— I— I have nothing..." I stuttered as the tears continued to stream down my eyes in shock and fear.

"I just— I just don't... Please don't take me away from them..." I sobbed hoping from the depth of my heart that some miracle can touch his heart and he would let me be.

The towering man's thick brows corked as he observed me. "You want to stay with these animals?" He scoffed and I could tell he didn't like what I said.

I didn't know where the strength came from but I fell to his feet and held him. "Please have mercy... Don't take me away from my home... I promise I'll be a better daughter... I'll do anything but please don't take me away..."

All my life, I was treated like a plague amongst my peers. Yet I couldn't imagine leaving everything behind and going to stay with the werewolves —not just them but their king.

I have heard countless stories from my stepmother and some of the townspeople, those who found themselves on the werewolves' side, were never seen again. None of them lived to tell the story.

I was too young to die. I would take a thousand beating from my father but I didn't want to die.

"Please..." I continued whimpering at his feet.

I felt him move and I held my breath, bracing for the impact of his reaction but the next thing I felt was his hands against my skin. He raised me from the ground and I feared to look into his eyes.

"You are the best daughter anyone could wish for... They should be the ones crying, not you..." His voice boomed in the room in rage but it wasn't projected at me, he was glaring at my parents behind us.

They paid no attention to my tears. They were focused on counting their coins in such a spree, one would who won a lottery couldn't be happier.

"Now, do you have anything valuable, because this house you see now would not exist in the next couple of minutes," he whispered the last bit to me and I gulped down my saliva.

I realized the transaction was complete and there was no turning back now. My tears couldn't help me even if I cried a river.

"I—I have nothing in there..." I squeaked and he nodded slowly like he didn't want to yell at me.

"Dawn," he called and one of the guards stepped forward.

"Yes beta," she responded with her shoulders squared

Now that I was closer, I saw that this Dawn was only a girl. I could bet the last minutes of my life that she was in my age grade.

"Take her to the car," He ordered and my blood went cold.

This was it. They were going to take me away to my death. There was no way I could ever return here and it was so sad that I couldn't even fight them. I was on my own.

"Please, come with me," She said in a firm voice.

Without arguing, I followed slowly behind her and we walked out of the house. As we stepped out, I stared back at my parents hoping they would even look remorseful but they didn't. They didn't even look at me.

All their focus and attention was on the coins they were drooling over.

My heart broke at the sight but what could I do? I swallowed my pain and continued following the girl.