Mystery Mate

My name is Willow Moore, I'm 16 years old. My life up to this point has been like every normal teenage girls, but this year is going to be different. I have became the legal age to be sold as a slave. Yes, sold as in auctioned off to the public. Every year my town has a woman auction to the men/women who want to buy them. Once you have been sold to the bidder they own you. You have to do everything they say, which is going to be a struggle for me because I don't follow directions too well.

They give us a room where we can get ready to look our best for the buyers. My parents are rather happy about my auction. They look at it as an "Honor" for them to give the public their beloved baby girl. You would think they would care if a creepy guy bought me. I mean what if I get an abuser as an owner? I'm beyond terrified about this auction, I don't want some random guy thinking he can "make a move" on me just because he bought me.

I hear three firm knocks on the door. I spring out of my seat right away and open the door to find my mom and dad.

"Hey sweetheart" my mom says while she hugs me and gives me butterfly kisses.

"Mom cant you just take me home and say I came down with the flu?" I say while sitting on the couch they provided in the room.

"Now you know we cant darling, you should be happy about this, you could meet you mate." My dad says in a cheerful tone which really drives me insane. I mean what kind of dad want their precious daughter to find their mate where they can claim them as their own.

"Dad you know I don't want my mate, they are too possessive and controlling. Especially if he's an alpha! They think that I should cater to their every need and be Luna. I don't like to be center of attention how would I ever have guts to be Luna of a pack? I don't want a mate, and if I find him I'll just reject him. " I say with a slight annoyance and dread in my voice. I walk to the mirror feeling uncomfortable with my tight red and black corset which emphasizes my DD cup boobs which I try to cover. My black lather skirt barely covers my butt. If I were to bend down to grab something my lace panties would be easily visible. The people who hold the auction gives us outfits to wear so we can look "sexy" and "seductive" for the crowd.

"Now Willow I wont have any negative comments from you! You will go out there and do your best to get a high bid!" my mom said in a firm and assertive tone. How much money the final bid on the girl is, is how much her family gets in return. My family doesn't really need the money, we aren't rich or poor. We are kind of in the middle, but who wouldn't turn down a lot of money?

"But mom-" I tried to explain before they got up and walked towards the door.

"Well we will be going now, you have 5 minutes to be ready. Love you peanut." my mom said while her and my dad wave and closing the door.

"Yeah love you too." I mumbled my under my breath in a sarcastic tone. I walk over to my stool that was placed in front of the mirror that had light bulbs outlining it. I look into the mirror of truth, I call it that because it points out all of your flaws. I had curled my hair which made my brunette hair look seductive and playful. I put very natural make up on to show that I had natural beauty. I have curves in all the right places and my bust and bum add to the curvy affect. I put bright red lipstick on to make me stand out. I hear that guys like soft full lips which I am blessed to have. My wolf agrees with the red lips because she is not the type to be shy. She wants her mate so bad and hates that I could care less about finding an obnoxious soul mate.

"we look so sexy willow" my wolf says in an eager voice.

"Elisa we don't need a mate to complete us." I lie to her hoping she wont notice. I know we would be much happier with a mate but I just don't think we need one.

"You do know I know when you are lying to me right?" Elisa says in a firm tone.

I shut her out because I cant focus on anything with her constantly nagging at me. I'm finally finish my look with high red pumps for shoes, just in time too. My timer goes off on my phone to show that I need to be getting in line to go on stage.

I nervously walk down a narrow dark hallway with about 20 other girls doing the same thing. Their looks didn't look too much different than mine. The girl in front of me was much taller and had dramatic make up on that honestly kind of scared me at first. She had a number on her chest that read 19. I was of course number 20 and the last person to go on stage. Which I was kind of relieved of, I would hope that all the creepy men would bid for all of the girls at the begging so I was stuck with a better chance to get a decent looking and not crazy kind of guy.

The line flew by and the crowd was biding crazy numbers. The highest bid of the night was $35,000 dollars which is insane! How could you spend that much money on someone you don't even know? It was my turn to impress, I kept reminding myself that I was doing it for my mom and dad to help them financially. I went up the 3 steps that determined my future, I walked onto the stage with my eyes glued to the floor. I didn't have enough courage to pull my head from this black glossy ground.  

I finally built enough courage to look up at this intimidating crowd. Once I did I smelled this delicious aroma go into my nose. My mouth started to water as I try to figure out where this delectable scent is coming from. I feel my knees buckle by the power radiating off of someone in the crowd. The power is so strong it has to be an alpha. Alpha's are extremely rare around here, they normally like to live near California not silly old Ohio. I fall to the ground with a loud thud. I listen in to the announcer and his prices keep going up. $90,000 $120,000 $500,000 a man calls out and his voice sounds so demanding and instantly know that the person who is owner of that voice is indeed an alpha. It took me about 10 seconds to realize that someone just bought me for $500,000 dollars. This is just insane! That is the highest bid I've ever heard of.

I get back onto my feet and begin to walk slowly off the stage. My parents instantly hug me and begin overloading me with kisses all over my face. I smell the mouthwatering smell again just when a deep and threatening voice sounds.

"Come Willow." this mystery man says as he grabs my wrist and I instantly feel tingles that shoot down to my core and makes my wolf howl inside. I looked to his face to see if my touch had affected him like it had me. He looked confused and never made eye contact with me.

~Rachel