Deep into the black market, a particular tall building stood out from the rest, asides from the fact that it was taller than the rest of the buildings, it was lit up and brimming with people, carriages and guards moving around.
"Now we're done with the guys, let's move to the ladiessss" Lady Gigi echoed in the microphone, loud cheers and applause filled the air.
"Ugh finally " Adam said, rubbing his palms and licking his lips.
"The first girl is Freya Humphrey " "she's tall and slim, smooth skin and spotless face, she has long hair as you can see and these lips... hmm " "Bidding starts at 5000 coins" Lady Gigi announced, people went crazy and started bidding alot, despite the ridiculous amount of price difference between the male and the female slaves but it was understandable.
"Hmm, this one's slim, I don't want" "Sir we can have you select your choice from the rest before they're shown publicly " the premium staff offered.
"Oh no please, I like the bidding war" he answered and gave a sly smile without looking at the staff.
"Mr. Cilantro has this one for sixteen thousand golds " "once again the slave will return and Mr Cilantro will be called after the show for the sealing of slave contract ".
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Scarlett arrived at the black market, she was moving swiftly through the crowd of vampires that seemed to be everywhere, of course she was inconspicuous thanks to her invisible cloak.
She hurried deep down into the market, only one person in mind "Kavi" she seemed to know this man, and when Zoey mentioned a scar, this man's image was the first that came to her head. And it was connected, she knows Kavi deals in slave trading and she was definitely sure that Kavi probably knows about this ...
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"The next slave on the list is Penelope Fitzgerald " "She's nineteen and sexy, pretty thick with smooth skin" she turned Penelope around and held her clothes tightly to accentuate her curves. "Very curvy " Lady Gigi smiled an informing smile.
"Bidding starts at 5000 golds, may the richest bidder win"
"Hmm, I like this but... she's not looking interesting, she looks so pale, even paler than me and I'm the vampire " Adam chortled in his own world.
"Just pick something fast, I have stuff to do" Matteo rolled his eyes dismissively.
"Okay...Penelope goes to Mrs. Callisto for thirty thousand golds!!!".
"Does that name sound familiar?" Adam asked Matteo "it does but we've met a lot of people, she could be one of them" Matteo said.
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In the flatlands were flat roofed buildings were congested, stood a woman who looked to be in her sixties, she was wearing a dark cloak and was standing right Infront of open gates but the pacing guards seemed to not even notice her presence.
She walked into the middle building.
"Did that door just open?" One of the guards asked the other "no one passed here so I doubt that" the other replied and the matter was dissolved.
She noticed a vampire sat on an office chair, making a call. She swiftly moved and was soon behind the man, a knife coated with black liquid to his neck.
"Where's Zoey?" A cold old feminine voice sounded.
"Wow, I sure did notice a presence in the room but you were so fast that I couldn't react... Who are you?" Kavi asked, he wore an amused expression. He couldn't see his assassin because she was behind him and had a knife to his neck, he didn't dare move.
"You have the aura of someone familiar though "
"Kavi, where is my granddaughter?" Scarlett repeated, she brought her knife a little bit lower and turned Kavi's chair so he could see her.
"Scarlett? " he had a confused look as he looked at the woman infront of him. "If someone told me that Scarlett would be the one to kill me I would disagree and stand by it till the end " he laughed.
"Kavi. I am not laughing " Scarlett was dead serious, she wasn't trying to make silly jokes.
"You mentioned Zoey... And granddaughter.. pardon, are these two different people?" Kavi asked, his face showed genuine confusion and curiosity with a hint of disbelief.
"Zoey is my granddaughter " Scarlett kept it short "now take me to her or this blade runs through your neck" she added with gritted teeth.
"Wow. How come I never knew you had a granddaughter, so Glorianne kept the baby? And that baby is Zoey!?" Kavi was now surprised.
"Kavi, I didn't come here for you to interrogate me, take me to Zoey " Scarlett was now sure that Zoey was indeed probably here.
"Fine, damn you're lucky we haven't sold her yet, she looks like she'll fetch a lot of money. I don't think she has even been marked, that totally skipped mind! Wait, is she also a hannya?" Kavi stood up, Scarlett was even more on guard, she ignored all his questions and rants, her knife was held directly to his neck and she casted a spell that made his arms limp so he could only walk and show her the way.
To outsiders, it looked like Kavi was just walking alone with awkward gestures and stances, they couldn't see Scarlett due to the invisible cloak she was wearing .
He led her to a cell where he thought she would be but she wasn't there. He was a bit surprised but he didn't show it "Hey, where's that girl that was recently brought " Kavi asked the guard incharge.
"Sir, you said to take her to the slave house " the guard answered.
"What! How could I have said that! She hasn't even been marked yet!" "but sir you did say that she..." "just shut up" Kavi frowned and walked out of the building.
"What's going on?" Scarlett asked with a frown "nothing to worry about, just a little situation of misplacement, but she's okay"
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The next slave on the list has very full lips, slim and curvy, she's what you'll call slim thick, smooth skin, clear eyes, she's blonde too, ladies and gentlevamps this is nineteen year old Angela Christoffel"
"Bidding starts at 5000 golds"
"One million golds " a voice yelled from the back.
Everywhere went quiet, the room's eyes were on him.
'who the hell is that, is it the blood Wraiths?'
'wow, so they came to buy slaves?'
They all had the same thoughts but they were wrong, it was an old man with crooked teeth, he wore a confident smile showing his barnacles excuse for teeth.
'who is that man?'
'whoa, he's really rich'
He smiled proudly, knowing he caught the attention of everyone and he looked up at the VIP section, even though he couldn't really see them, he knew they'll probably be curious about him.
"Wow!!!! Today we've hit a record, one million coins is the highest we've sold so far" Lady Gigi announced with excitement and surprise.
"Angela is immediately sold to Mr Kaleb for-"
"10 million coins!" a voice calmly announced from the VIP section.
It was Adam!
"I will buy that slave for 10 million coins" he said again.
There was a wave of silence...
'whatttttt!?'
Ten million!?!?
That's crazy
' i know it's the blood Wraiths but isn't that too much!?'
The man who was gloating in his own world was immediately put to shame, he just kept silent and stared in unspoken anger.
"WAOOOHHH!!!" Lady Gigi echoed
"Looks like our VIPs are interested in this and ofcourse they are not shy with money!!" "For ten million coins, Angela Christoffel is sold to Lord. Adam from the blood Wraiths!!! This is our highest sale so far!!!" She hollered in the mic with excitement.
"Mr Adam, as VIP, the girl will be brought immediately to seal the contract "
"The next and last slave on our list is...Zoey... Zoey, no last name?" she gave the guard that brought Zoey in a questioning look but the guard gave an "I don't know" look back.
"Well, last name or no last name, that doesn't change the fact that this girl right here is strikingly beautiful, with no exaggerated curves but she does have curves in the rights places, smooth silky hair, blue ocean eyes, freckled cheeks and nose, a brunette.heck, this girl could just be an elf with this much beauty. Ladies and gentlevamps, this
is Zoey going for 5000 coins!!".
The crowd went haywire, they all thought this beauty in front of them should be theirs and were all silently praying that the VIPs don't interfere.
A particular woman was watching in shock and a little bit of amusement "Zoey? As in Xavier's obsession? I hate to admit but she is stunning!" she thought.
"I never expected they put her on sale this quick "
" Nevertheless, I must have her"
"Five million coins!" Yasmine echoed in her megaphone.
The crowd turn to look at her.
'damn, there are crazy rich people in this crowd'
'six million ' a man said from the last row
"whaaaat!!? Is this gonna be a bidding war between two rich vampires!?"
"Six million five hundred thousand " Yasmine said into her mic.
"Seven million " the man said, looking at Yasmin
"Seven point five million "
"Ohhh this is fun" Lady Gigi couldn't help geeking.
But her facial expression soon changed "Guys, there seems to be a mixup somewhere, it appears there's a mistake in the listing, this lady isn't supposed to be up for sale today" she repeated the information from her earpiece into the mic. "She will now be returned backstage "
"Awww" the crowd booed and went sullen.
However, this situation caught the situation of a certain man who had been nonchalant about the slave auction all this while.
"That girl, she appears to not have been marked " Matteo sat up as soon as he noticed.
"Really? Oh thats true" Adam noticed too.
Matteo quickly picked up his megaphone
"Thirty million golds!"