Hello There

VALENTINA

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"My brother arrived for my Joining Ceremony from the Auction point he had been working at, and the next thing I know, he is banging my wife!"

"The main Joining Ceremony hadn't even started yet."

"Same thing."

"Agro is my mate, chosen for me by fate!" Her desperation to defend herself was great, so great, her voice trembled.

Ah, emotional attachment and their unnecessary baggages.

Too complicated.

Well, I was crossing that off my list.

I no longer wanted to experience the heartbreaks, all I wanted right now was fun. That was even if I survived this.

I started moving my hands around the duct tape, up and down, to make it weak.

Why would anyone even willing get emotionally attached to another, standing a risk of experiencing this, whatever creature they were.

Jumbo laughed, a long laughter that filled the car, one that I found highly infuriating.

This dude had psychopath tendencies.

Yes, I was only judging him based on that laughter, because how could someone laugh like that?

It was like a crackle, a snort, then lots of crackles and snorts, those weren't the problem though, but the amount of mockery filled in them.

If I had claws, I would swipe them across the other side of his face that was left untouched, just because of that laughter alone.

He deserved death in the most painful way for it.

"He doesn't think of you that way." He said, his voice almost breathless. He should have just died. Hopefully, he wasn't the one driving. "Making them all stale."

That was a noble thought but still, his laughter had already sentenced him to death in my mind, and that wasn't going to change.

"Did Agro--" Irysi started to say, the car was quiet and I was smart enough to keep my eyes closed. I had felt her gaze rake over me with intensity and Agro's words further confirmed what I had suspected.

"No, she is a stale, dropped into the cage a Stale."

Irysi didn't talk and Jumbo spoke again.

"She is far above the changing age by three years."

Irysi sighed audibly with relief.

She wasn't the only one glad that Agro hadn't forced himself on me or even had the opportunity to. In all sincerity, I felt no pity for that pig. I imagined the state of his manhood at this moment and I wondered why they were still taking about him in present tense.

"Don't take too much pity on your mate, the adventurous days of his cóck, should be enough to last him a lifetime. Especially the memories. Those should be able to keep him warm on all his very cold nights in future. It was that uncountable and memorable."

Irysi didn't say anything, so he continued, I guess.

"His díckful days should be enough for him to go by. Take it from someone who knows."

Irysi should have said something by now, but she hadn't. As much as I found what was going on annoying, I was now invested. They were like the last show I watched at The Silvers' masion, annoying yet engaging.

"You helped him."

There it was! Finally, a reply.

I could die in peace now - actually, no.

I had no plans of dying. I kept on moving my hands in the duct tape, I could feel it becoming loose slowly.

"So, that was years ago and you aided his cheating."

Jumbo tsked. "Not just that, I helped him start the journey, in fact. You know my brother." He said with a proud chuckle. Almost ear splitting.

Seriously, Jumbo should be banned from laughing.

"Proud and stupid, the moment he believes he is control. I am in control, I have always been."

"Why did you do it?" Her voice was low, shaking with tears.

Ah. The mighty had finally fallen.

It was always the emotions.

Well, I just crossed out love from my list too.

Those unnecessary feelings, I vowed never to have them. If I got lucky and escaped from this situation, I would only have sexual partners with no strings attached.

I could do that. I was capable.

Thinking about sex made me remember the strange experience I had with the stranger. I still couldn't figure out what that was or if it had actually happened. Had I gotten drunk, had something happened to my memory. Anyways, I intended to figure it out, once I got out of this situation, I was going to pick out the pieces and fix them all right back.

"To punished me?"

"Yes. So that whenever he comes home to you, others, especially humans," he laughed, "he'll reek of them. Those creatures you hate so much. I know you hate them, Lollipop."

Lollipop?!

That nickname was none of my concern anyways.

"Also your face, I'm so glad I marred it."

Goodness I should have shot Jumbo too. Preferably in the head. Not because of Irysi, it was stupid to feel sympathy for creatures who hated me.

I was not stupid.

The car was starting to go at a very fast pace now and I was starting to get scared. I really didn't want to die now, I still haven't figured out if that sex was real or just my imagination. I still didn't know what the intimate moment was!

Now that I was thinking about it. Monsters have cars? What else did these monsters share with humans? Where we on earth, but they were talking of portals and that sounded like-- wait, was I in one of Ru's novel?

That was impossible.

I moved on the seat from how fast and rough the car was moving.

Fúck. I really didn't want to die today.

"I'm sure he stares at you and all he sees is horror!"

I almost slipped right there but I caught myself right back.

No sympathizing with my captors.

Besides these creatures hated me.

"I'm going to kill you, Jumbo!"

"That's if I don't kill you first."

The car raced.

"Slow down, Hybrid. You know the Alpha likes his samples unscratched. Likes to be the one to do the scratching and snapping himself. I just hope I won't be the one dumping her mangled body." A pause. "I said slow--"

The car screeched to an halt.

It was far too sudden, I moved forward, then all the back on the seat.

My heart was pounding loudly in my ears, my wrists aching from the painful grip of the duct tape.

That stop had been too sudden though.

Unplanned.

Like something on the road ahead had brought the car to a stop, instead of the person driving.

"No way." Irysi whispered.

The next I heard was a slam of the car door as someone got out.

Probably, Irysi.

"Leave him, you stupid Hybrid! The bounty is mine!"

The other door slammed shut.

The car was now empty, I could feel it.

I forced my eyelids open, making myself fall to the floor of the car before bringing my hands up and down with a force, that snapped the already weakened duct tape apart.

I looked around, planning my escape and was seconds away from busting out of this car.

But I heard a slam on the windscreen, the force making the car shake for a moment.

Had something fallen upon the metal frame? Was I still alive?!

I moved slowly up to catch a glimpse of what was going on and I was left stunned for a moment.

Laying across the smashed windscreen was the stranger I had met in Anastasia's room.

I would really love to be invisible in this tension filled moment but the stranger's cold gaze held mine.