Sold to the Alpha With Silver Eyes - Chapter 4: Chapter 4

White fabric rustles below me as try to control the speed of my descent, following her down. She twists and flips, her arms flailing and legs lifeless as if she has surrendered to her fate. My stomach drops as I approach her, my fingers stretching out in the darkness, hoping to get a grip on some part of her.
We collide with a grunt, her body bouncing off of mine as I panic and throw my hand out and find a hold on her, yanking her to me. Her frail body fights against me. Even in a deadfall, she fights, and it only makes me hold her that much tighter. She is so slender, her bones protruding as I drag my hand up her spine, cupping her head.
“Hang on to me,” I mutter to her. The sound of rushing water hits my ears and I exhale in relief. This is going to hurt like hell, but at least it isn’t certain death.
We have been falling for far too long for her to survive the hit on the water on her own. Werewolf or not, she is weak and already injured. I, however, can rely on my lycan. He comes forward, my bones creaking and breaking as they rearrange in a flash, the shift complete a mere moment before cold water rushes over us.
The bones in my legs quiver with the impact as it reverberates up my body and into my spine. I may not be able to move well in the morning, but we will both be alive. Or so I hope as I notice she doesn’t move against me, her body limp in the water as her hold on me releases.
I kick my legs, grunting under the water as it pushes and pulls me in many directions. The fight against the current is hard, but we break through the surface, sucking in air as I can feel her lungs fill. There is a sharp rattle in her chest as she breathes before breaking into a coughing fit, trying to break away from me.
My lycan retreats as I swim us to the river bank, her body dragging beneath mine as I crawl us both up onto the rock beach. She lays between my legs, her body shivering, and hands over her chest as she looks up at me, blinking as the moon makes its appearance from behind the clouds.
“Please, don’t.” She whimpers, her teeth clanking as she holds my hoodie tight to her body. She looks down, her cheeks flushing as she presses her head to the side, eyes squeezed closed.
My brows furrow and I look at her, confused until I realize I am naked, straddling her in a sheer dress that leaves nothing for the imagination. Which does absolutely nothing to help the current situation below my waist as I rush off of her and clear my throat.
“Shit, I apologize.” I mutter, feeling embarrassed even though I shouldn’t. “I wasn’t planning to do anything to you. Adrenaline can take many forms in men.”
“You should have let me die.” She mutters, pulling her legs to her as she cozies up to a rock right behind her. Long, lanky arms dripping wet as she wraps them around her shins as looks off into the distance, lost in thought.
“I just saved you, twice in one evening,” I joke, “And you would have rather died? All that and not even a thanks, just a depressing comment about letting you die instead.”
“I do not want to have your children.” She says firmly, her eyes meeting mine as I smirk at her.
“Good to know.” I nod, “Just so we are on the same page…I’m not exactly in the market for a breeder. Here I thought the whole thing was fake or illegal and now we are stu—” I pause, looking around twisting onto my hands and knees, sniffing the air before I rush over to her, shielding us both from view behind the rock she chose.
I look down, making sure she is okay, my nose brushing hers as she looks up at me and my throat constricts a huge lump forming as I try to swallow, but I am lost in her eyes and her face.
I hadn’t noticed the little scars dotting her face, five thin lines resembling burns over the bridge of her nose and high on her cheekbones. My fingers itch to touch them, to know how they feel as my hands lifts and my thumb ever so gently rubs over one.
Her eyes grow wide and she looks away quickly, leaving me staring at the side of her face before I look back up, trying to place the sound and scent I picked up moments ago. As I stare at the trees, my vision grows strange, one tree breaking off into three and rocks doubling quickly as I tumble back onto my ass with a grunt.
I blink repeatedly, trying to get my vision to clear as the woman gasps and moves into my sight.
“Lay back,” she whispers, her small hand pressing at my chest as I comply, loving the warmth of her palm.
“Thought you didn’t want my babies?” I tease her, but she ignores me, my hoodie flying from her body as she tears off a sleeve completely.
“Hey! That’s my favorite sweatshirt,” I growl, but she ignores me, her fingers groping at my upper thigh as I groan, hating how much I like where this is going. Until I feel something wet and pain explodes in my eyes, a tightness around my thigh just above my raging injury from the auction site.
“Unnnghh!” I groan, gritting my teeth together as I reach out, gripping her biceps and chuckling deep in my chest.
“I forgot to mention it might hurt,” she says, sounding meek and innocent, but I swear I can see the smug look on one of her three faces floating before me.
“You enjoyed that way too much.” I heave, hissing through my teeth as I try to calm my heart rate.
“Probably,” she says, looking away from me for a moment. I grip her arm tightly, knowing already she is going to make a run for it.
“Don’t even think about it. I dove off a cliff to save your ass. Don’t make me chase you down again.”
“You don’t have a right to own someone. I am a human, with rights and—”
“I know! And I didn’t buy you to have my kids.” I grit out, yanking her down over me. “I purchased you to buy time for my backup to arrive. You were the diversion. Don’t get all worked up thinking I actually wanted you.”
She grows quiet, looking around before she stands and walks around my back. Then she squats down, lifting me the best she can, thin arms slipping under my arm as she drags me. Or tries to drag me, anyway.
“Maybe you could help a little?” She whines.
I take three deep breaths before I use my other leg to help push my body along with her heaves until I find my back against the rock. And she plops down next to me, breathing heavily. We sit in silence for a moment, my ears on high alert as I listen for anything.
–Where the hell are you?-- Leoni shoots through the mind link, anger filling her voice.
–Over the cliff, landed in a river, probably floated several hundred yards down before getting us out–
There is a moment of silence before she comes back.
–Is she safe?--
–Who?--
–Eden. The girl you went after?-- Leoni asks. I swing my head over to look at the girl, her eyelids heavy as she tries to remain awake.
–She is with me, come get us–I tell her, shutting the link down for now.
“Eden.” I whisper and her long lashes flutter before she seems to focus and look over at me. “That is your name, right?”
She shrugs, and I let out a heavy sigh before I lift my elbow and nudge her side.
“Yes,” she whispers softly.
“I am Dev.” I say, offering her my hand to shake but regretting it the second my eyes sight grows distant again and I feel as if I am floating. “Woah…” I mumble to myself.
“You should save your energy so you can get out of here.”
“Oh, are you planning on leaving me for dead?” I ask her, a smug smile on my lips.
“I will wait with you until I know your bleeding has stopped.” She says, looking at her hands.
It is very clear she is conditioned to not look at anyone. Perhaps she has spent so long being treated like crap. Or maybe she has been with those auctioneers for a while, stuck as their animal, waiting to go to the slaughter.
“My warriors are coming. You can take off right now if you want.” I shrug and she moves away from me, tilting her head.
“I-I can?” she asks, her voice breaking in a way that makes my chest ache.
“As you said, it is not okay to own someone, and it’s not like I can do anything to stop you right now, but…” I pause, finding it harder and harder to stay focused as I grow tired by the minute.
“But what?” She asks me, the words rushing out and her eyes suddenly wide with interest.
“The document you were forced to sign is binding, and he will hunt you down,” Leoni says loudly, stepping around the rock. She kneels down next to Eden, who snaps her head in her direction, the two women looking at each other for a moment.
“You are okay? Nobody purchased you?” Eden asks, sounding happy for the first time, and Leoni smiles.
“What took you so long to find me?” I groan, trying to move myself to face them. She frowns at me.
“What took you so long to get to me?” She shoots back anger in her eyes.
“Take that shit up with the rest of the group. I was there for nearly ten minutes waiting for them, hell I was forced to buy them time.” I snort.
“You mean buy me.” Eden joins in and I furrow my brow.
“Now you have a lot to say?” I say. “Look, the point is I thought the documents were fake, okay? But since they aren’t, we are going to have to break the bond somehow.”
Leoni whistles low as she steps over, helping me up.
“That’s a lot of blood, Dev.” she says, concern all over her face.
“I’ll be fine.” I mutter as I stumble back onto the rock, moaning as nausea hits me hard and my stomach muscles tighten in preparation.
“Eden, get his other side,” Leoni says, but Eden remains unmoving.
“I-I think I need to leave now. It’s probably better that way.” She whispers guilt on her face before Leoni sighs heavily.
“No, I think you need to stay.” She says firmly.
Eden nibbles on her lip. An action I follow too closely, but I can’t look away.
“I just want to be free,” she finally says, her voice broken and her eyes filling with tears. “I don’t want to be beaten again, or used for sex or children.”
“Never,” I rasp out. “I would never, ever abuse you or use you for sex or to have my children.”
She looks sad but nods as she moves over to my side, slipping under my arm, her body slumping under my weight.
“I promise I will fix this,” I whisper to her, but she ignores me, focusing on the task before her.
“Dev doesn’t make promises he can’t keep,” Leoni offers. “You can trust him, and if you don’t and you run, we will find you.”
“Okay,” she gives in, her voice sounding small and defeated. “But can you get me some clothes before we get to the others? I don’t want anyone to see me like this,” she says as Leoni laughs.
“Hell yeah we can.”