My Most Precious Human novel Chapter 13

The rest of the evaluation proceeded in silence. All the caged girls were trembling in fear, and those whose blood was examined prayed that they would prove themselves worthy to be placed at this cruel auction.

I kept clenching my teeth and fists. Anger overflowed from every cell in my body.

"This isn't right! We are not some merchandise they can sell or throw away if something is below their expectations!" I fumed inside my head.

I could smell the stink of blood slowly drying on the basement ground. It was nauseating and horrifying at the same time. I couldn't stop thinking of the girl's last words, and about her daughter who would grow up without her mother. The sound of her pleading voice rang inside my head. She was ill, but she wanted to live. She had chances to prolong her life. She deserved to live! What kind of monsters would do something like that?! Even the wolves I met had never been this calculated and cruel!

I was full of rage on the inside, but on the outside, I had to stay focused. I took a deep breath and leaned out through the bars of my cage to see what was going on. There were only four of us left to get a price tag. The expert had finished sniffing the drop of blood of girl number sixteen and nonchalantly announced that her life was worth ten thousand dollars. The next one was Carla…

Mr. Ponte looked her up and down and smirked coldly. She hesitantly pulled out her hand. Her whole body shivered with fear, and she seemed to be much more frightened than those girls before her. Could it be that she was ill, like the one who had leukemia?!

"No…" I mumbled, praying that my suspicions were wrong.

I could see Carla shut her eyes when Mr. Ponte stabbed her finger with a needle. The blood started flowing. A trickle coming from the small cut was quite intense and the blood just kept flowing. I already knew why she was so afraid…

"Hemophilia!" Mr. Ponte announced loudly.

This one word could easily mean a death sentence. By now, everyone must have been aware of it, yet none of the girls dared to make a single sound.

"Such a shame…" Thomas commented, clicking his tongue, and burst out laughing, "She's nothing but a one-time snack!"

All the other men in the room began laughing as well. They mocked her while she moved to the back of her cage, glancing hesitantly at them.

Suddenly, Thomas stopped laughing, then looked at Nicolas and said, "You know what to do."

Nicolas nodded and pulled out the gun.

"No! Don't kill her! I'm begging you!" I screamed.

I was the only one who spoke up. Everyone else stayed silent. Thomas looked at me and snorted. Nicolas walked to Carla's cage and aimed at her head while she kneeled and closed her eyes. A sudden rage filled my entire body. I clenched my fists on the cage's bars as if I had the strength to break them. I glared at the one holding the gun, gritting my teeth.

"I'm going to kill you! I swear I will get out of this cage and kill you!" I roared, devoured by fury.

Thomas chuckled and then held his previous command with a gesture. Nicolas lowered his gun. I glanced at both of them nervously. Thomas stepped closer to my cage.

"You are a fierce one, aren't you? I bet you are that Queen of Hearts I was told about, the little fighter," he sneered, then disgustingly licked his lips.

"Yes… I was the one wearing that costume. So what?" I hissed, looking into his eyes.

He smiled coldly and said, "I have a proposition for you. Let's make a little bet, shall we? Our expert examines your blood, and if it is shown to be more valuable than all the other blood bags here, we will generously let Carla live a little longer. We will add her as a free gift to the one who buys you."

I clenched my teeth. I had never wanted to kill anyone more than I wanted to kill that man at that moment. At the same time, Mr. Ponte finished examining another girl's blood, and he called out her price completely emotionlessly.

"What will happen… if I'm not worth that much?" I asked, giving Thomas a hateful stare.

"Oh, nothing much… We will simply shoot both of you." He shrugged his shoulders and maliciously chuckled.