Two days and nothing.


    I have been pacing this room so much, I am certain there are trenches under my feet. Bastien leaves


    early in the morning andes homete at night so I''m not even able to speak with him about his


    brother.


    I''ve felt nothing through Nikos’ mark, either. No heightened senses, no fear, no anger - just dead


    calm. Should I be worried about it? No, I suppose not...Nikos is not just an Alpha, he’s a literal


    weapon.


    Sighing, I walk downstairs to grab myself something to eat, when I see Bastien pacing his foyer with


    a cell phone to his ear.


    “No, for fuck sake. This needs to be perfect, we have important people arriving today!” he exims


    and I take a step back with a hand to my chest. “Do your fucking jobs or I swear to Goddess, I am


    ripping out your lungs and force-feeding them to you!”


    Oh, that''s new.


    He pockets his cell phone, rakes his fingers through his hair, and gives a frustrated growl before he


    spins around and eventually sees me. His eyes widen slightly and I chuckle, waving him off.


    “I''ve heard worse threatsing out of Niko,” I say and take a tentative step toward him. “Is this


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    Pinching the bridge of his nose, he lets out a sigh and nods. “It''s my fifth annual auction and my


    biggest yet. Nothing can go wrong and yet everything has,” he says, then looks up at me with a


    stered smile. “Come, join me for lunch; it feels like I haven''t spoken to you once.”


    He hasn''t, but I''m not about to say that.


    We walk into a lunch spread in his dining room area and my stomach grumbles from all the


    different aromas hitting me. I''ve been eating more than usual, and it definitely has something to do


    with both Star and Ares.


    "Oh, boy, looks like my nephew has spoken,” he says with a chuckle as we take our seats.


    I amble down the stairs, knowing I shouldn''t be talking to her, but the frightened look in her eyes


    reminds me of myself when Mikhail had me locked up. She sees me approaching and her eyes grow


    wide when she looks at my belly.


    “Hi...?" I say while standing at the one-seater. “Are you okay? Who are you?”


    The tears falling down her cheeks cause her mascara to bleed as well as wash away the heavy


    makeup. I see now why the makeup was needed...to hide a ck eye. It''s then that I see the bruises


    on her arms and legs, as if she was grabbed by someone stronger.


    “l..I''m Anika... there was an auction-"


    “Mia,” Bastien''s voice causes me to yelp and I nearly jump out of my skin. I turn around to face him,


    noticing Andrej behind Bastien and both of them looking pissed off about something. “Andrej, take


    the girl to her room.”


    Anika''s eyes grow even wider, and she looks defeated when Andrej pulls her to her feet. But as she


    walks away, she shoots me a pleading look, and her split bottom lip trembles.


    I turn around to face Bastien, but he has his hands up in surrender. “Before you even think the worst


    of me, know that I saved that girl from a fate worse than death,” he says with his jaw tightened.


    I narrowed my eyes at him. “What does that mean?”


    He looks like he’s about to roar, but he holds back. “Someone snuck her into my fucking auction


    and was about to sell her. I have to find out who she is so I can send her back to where they took


    her from. No sale of any human or supernatural being is permitted!”


    "Oh!" I say with a hand over my mouth. “Sex trafficking... that''s something Mikhail peddled in.”


    Bastien nods. “I know and I''m starting to wonder if this is his doing,” he says, then a frown furrows


    his brow. “It''s after 1 am. What are you doing up? Ares knocking about too much?”


    I blink, trying to remember why I came down here when a sh of pain simmers at Nikos mark.


    Doubling over, I hold a hand to it, only to feel the spot burning and hot to the touch.


    “There are some odd emotionsing from... Niko’s mark. His anger woke me up, now all I feel is


    pain.” I exin and Bastien walks towards me, cing a hand on my shoulder.


    “That''s because Niko was fighting Mikhail and won; he’s on his way as we speak. A bit knocked


    around, but alive along with Maxim,” he says with a proud look in his eyes.


    This news causes me to squeal, and I jump into Bastien’s arms. Nikos is alive, and he killed


    Mikhail! And Maxim is okay, too! Oh, I am going to see him again!


    “Thank you for telling me!” I sob as he chuckles and pats my back. “I was so worried! I was so


    scared!”


    “I know, little one,” he says. “But fret not, my little brother has finally killed the bane of his existence


    and the blight on our pack - well, his pack.”


    Does this mean it''s over? Will we finally be happy without worry and fear of an attack? Probably not,


    but the biggest enemy has been taken out, and that''s something to celebrate!


    Bastien breaks off the embrace and ces his hands on my shoulders. “You can go rest before he


    gets here tomorrow and stop worrying, little one. I have to go and deal with... that little problem in


    my guest room.”


    I chuckle and nod. “Please find her family. I am sure they''re looking for her,” I say. “And if you need


    me to speak to her-"


    “No need, it will be sorted,” he says with a tight smile and kisses my forehead before going in the


    direction where Andrej took Anika.


    It''s so odd to have someone who looks exactly like Nikos kiss my forehead and yet I feel nothing.


    I blink a few times before going back upstairs with hope restored in my heart once more.


    Nikos ising home!