Chapter 105 The Sinspire
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One hundred meters.
That was the distance between me and the infamous Nightshade Alley, the underground werewolf brothel where rogues. ruled. The air was thick with smoke and something far more sinister. I stood beneath the cover of gnarled trees, as I stared at the sickening glow spilling from the alley like blood from a fresh wound.
Luckily, I wasn’t alone.
Ronan stood to my right, arms crossed, with no emotions in his eyes. Ryker on my left with a cold look in his eyes like usual Finn adjusted the collar of his shirt. eyes flickering from shadow to shadow, and Asher stood slightly apart, focused, calculating. The four most dangerous Alphas in the Academy and they were here with me.
I glanced at them again, still trying to understand how this happened.
Getting here hadn’t been simple. Nightshade Alley was far beyond the Lupine Academy’s territory, and this mission that had become a trial wasn’t exactly written into any rulebook. This time there were no rules, no timeline. We just needed to save Grace. We just needed everything like transport, funds, contacts, stealth and somehow, we got it all.
Thinking about it, I had actually run away from my pack with none of this in my mind. Fortunately, these Alphas had somehow arranged all of them in this short time.
It was madness, but it was what I needed most this time.
Now, we were about to walk straight into the jaws of hell.
“Entering won’t be easy,” I shifted my gaze to the brothel gates ahead.
The towering arch of blackened stone looked more like a fortress than a den of pleasure. Armed guards patrolled the entrance, their snarling rogues pacing at their feet. Every one of them was massive, merciless, and alert.
“Taking out the guards and forcing our way in is suicide.” Finn muttered, assessing the numbers.
“We don’t know how many more are behind that gate,” Asher added. “It’s too risky.”
“So our original plan won’t do,” Ronan murmured as I nodded. There was an army of rogues inside and if we wanted to save Grace, we had to work secretly and unnoticed. Attracting attention was the worst option for us.
“Ryker Asher turned to him, “you said your man is familiar with this place. Where is he?”
“He’s inside. We have to make it past the outer wall first,” Ryker murmured, already walking ahead from behind the trees.
Without another word, we moved and followed him. Under the cover of dense trees, using the shadows, we scaled the outer wall one by one. I didn’t breathe until my feet landed silently on the other side.
The moment we dropped into the alley, the world changed.
Dun red lights flickered in every window. The scent of musk and perfume clung to the air. She–wolves, some barely more than girls, stood in doors and on balconies in provocative outfits, leaning over railings with fake smiles and vacant eyes. Their
syrupy, laced with allure and despair, calling out to the passing werewolves a few of them all, dominating, and
vile–looking
“It’s disgusting.” Plyna stutted uncomfortably inside me. Those kinds of disgusting low life wolves were enough to trigger me in the worst way
Furied to look away. I really did but my eyes caught on a she woll with long black hair and glassy green eyes. She was young, Sa young She stood on the corner as wrapped around herself until an elderly werewolf, draped in jewels, grabbed her wrist and pulled her inside
kly stomach turi
turned
“Thái place in Bell” I whispered, feeling great discomfort ring sleep in my heart “We have to find Grace before it’s too late?
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The guys looked at me, silent, grim. None of them disagreed..
Then, from the darkness of a side alley, a shadow emerged. Everyone was alert, ready to take down the threat.
“Alpha Ryker?” a man came out of the shadow.
Every glanced at Ryker as he slowly stepped forward and said, “It’s me.”
“Sun sent me on his behalf. You can call me Mark,” he informed us.
Witnessing Ryker let his guard down. I realized that t
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the man Sun was his contact and this man in front of us could be trusted.
He was lean and foxlike, with darting eyes and a stench that could knock someone unconscious.
“Did Sun discover what I had asked him?” Ryker inquired.
The man nodded. “Thirty new she–wolves were brought in during the last twenty–four hours,” he said quickly. “I went through them. One of them….matches the description of the she–wolf you described. Beautiful, pale, gray eyes, and strong. sprint. There is a she–wolf matching this description. She is at Sinspire.”
My heart leapt with hope.
When Ronan questioned him, “How can you be so sure? What if it is not Grace but a girl with the same description?”
The man replied confidently, “Because among all thirty she wolves there was only one Alpha blood. She was taken to the Sinspire Brothel.”
Everyone silently listened to him while the name alone sent chills down my spine when I thought what would happen to
Grace.
“Then take us to the Sinspire Brothel immediately,” Finn demanded, stepping forward.
The man shook his head, “Don’t ask me to take you there. It’s suicide.”
Finn frowned, “Why?”
“Sinspire Brothel is the top brothel of Nightshade Alley and the most dangerous one. If you all get caught not only will you. die but I will lose my life as well. I am here to deliver the information not to die,” he declared.
“So you’re afraid of death, huh?” Asher asked, pulling out a wad of cash and dropping it into the man’s hand. “If this is not enough to make you fearless you will get double.”
The rogue stared at the money, and his expression changed like magic, “Well… for this much, I can give you a way in.”
Ronan made a face with a greedy smile while Asher dropped another wad of cash as promised.
“Now quickly take us.” he ordered.
The man looked at all of us, “I will take you but all of you will get caught almost instantly looking like that.”
I frowned. “What do you meant
He pointed at us “You all look too clean. Too royal. Too noble. This alley is crawling with wolves from rich, currupt packs. They hate nudes. You walk in looking like that, they’ll skin you before you make it to the brothel.”
“What’s the solution then?” Ronan asked tightly.
The rogue grinned and said only one word. “A disguise.”
bluded. A doguise?
The next thing I knew. I was kneeling on the velvet door of a massive, gilled hall of the Sinspire Brothel
Teraped in layers of lace and silks
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The air smelled of sweat, wine, and sin. Laughter echoed from above. Wolves watched from balconies, drinks in hand, lust i their eyes. We were in Sinspire now, the top brothel of Nightshade Alley.
And I
I was disguised as a dollboy.
Dollboys, young men dressed as beautiful women, sold like pets to the highest bidder. I never thought I’d even see one with my own eyes, let alone become one. Of course, that was not all.
Behind me, Ryker sat high above me on the viewing dais, legs crossed, the perfect picture of a bored, wealthy playboy. A smug smirk played on his lips, and his sharp eyes didn’t betray a hint of familiarity.
Beside him, Finn knelt wearing a leather collar, a thin golden chain wrapped around his neck. Ryker’s personal boy toy in th twisted illusion
Behind Ryker stood Ronan, half his face shadowed by his hair, a jagged scar running down the other. He looked like a rogue mercenary, loyal to none but his master. Cold. Calculating Dangerous.
Next to him was Asher. Dressed in black, every inch the powerful Beta. He spoke quietly to Ryker as if suggesting in bidding. eyes scanning the room like a hawk.
And me…
I was the property waiting to be sold.
Beneath the veil, I opened my eyes ar
How did I end up like this again?
