The special merchandise

"Hurry up! I don't have all the time in the world!" I heard that despicable man's voice ringing in my ears. I didn't know what he looked like, I couldn't, after all, I wasn't able to see. But from the voice, he wasn't a good person at all.

“S-sorry.” I stammered automatically, which earned me a nice push, which fall me to the ground and I felt my palms burn.

A hand grabbed my hair from behind, making my scalp sting and my head snap up. I could feel the male's breath right next to my face. Had he not yet noticed that I couldn't see?

“You're lucky to be what you are, you bitch! Or I would have already ripped the skin off your back with the lashes you deserve!”

I couldn't see his eyes, the expression they must have carried, but I could feel his breath, the tone of every word he uttered, or rather almost spit in my face. He was hateful.

“I… I can't see. I can't walk any faster.” I explained to him in the most humble voice possible. I didn't want him to think I was affronting him. And I wasn't. I just wanted him to stop mistreating me and yelling at me.

He released me and I immediately placed my hands, palms down, in front of my face. I didn't want to hurt my face. Not for aesthetics, after all, I had no idea what that means in a practical way. I wanted to avoid the pain of hitting my face hard on the floor and feeling like my facial bones were shattering. I'd been through that before, it wasn't pleasant.

"What a hell!" He screamed and called another man and asked that I be put in one of the cages.

Cages. Like the birds? I had never seen one, of course, but I had touched a few and they were confinings..

I was lifted off the ground by the arms and practically dragged, then suspended in the air and placed inside something that was closed by metal. It must be that cage.

As I was rocked back and forth, listening to the click-clock of the horses, I hugged my knees and thought about my life.

I was an orphan being raised by a very kind elderly couple. And I was blind from birth and despite that, my adoptive parents never treated me badly for it. I didn't usually leave the house, because Mom said that I would end up being mistreated by the other children and, therefore, it was better for me to stay at home.

One fine day, I was helping to fold the bed sheets, when I heard the loud noise of crockery breaking downstairs. Wood clatter, screams. My mom had screamed as well as my dad.

Immediately, I dropped what I was doing and went to the bathroom. I wouldn't bump into anything, as I was already used to the layout of everything inside the house. But my hiding place proved to be fragile, for the door was thrown open with force, breaking, for I heard the wood splintering, and soon someone took me by the arm and pulled me, making me walk a few steps.

“Here, boss!” I heard a male voice say and I was fully alert. Was that a robbery? What had they done to my parents?

“Look what we have here… It's unbelievable! Those fuckers were hiding her!” Another man answered. This was probably the 'boss'. “That silver hair and those lilac eyes… That little bitch is going to make us a fortune!”

“Wh… What they did to my parents!” I mustered up the courage to ask and that's when that man first grabbed my hair from the back of my head.

“Those two old men are dead! As well as many from the Everquest Shadow Pack! Now, do as I say, be a good girl, and I promise I'll get you a very good owner!"

He laughed and I, still in shock at the terrifying news of my parents' deaths, not only was I blind, I also became mute.

I had no idea how long I had been there in that cage, but after the movement stopped, I was taken out and thrown into another type of cage. The floor was covered in straw, I could feel it. Was it some kind of stable?

My stomach was rumbling with hunger and I felt like I could pass out at any moment, then I heard the lock being unlocked and the metal grille being thrown open.

"Let's take a shower and get ready, girl!" It was a female! The entire time I was under those males' prison, I still hadn't taken a shower!

She didn't wait any longer and pulled me along. Apparently, my lot was to be pulled and pushed. Well, Mom said people wouldn't be as kind as my parents.

I was bathed, perfumed and dressed. According to that same lady, I looked beautiful. After that, I was taken to another room and I knew it wasn't the cell by the echo of the floor with each step we took.

As I waited, I heard voices and a mix of delicious smells invaded my nose. Although different, all the scents were extremely good.

“I promise you won't regret it!” The man who was the leader of that group said it and the footsteps became closer. The door opened. "Here. See if she is not a beauty!”

Normally I wasn't always whining in the corners about how much I wish I could see, but at that exact moment, I wished I could have functional eyes like I've never wished for anything in my life.

“She is a Lycan!” The leader said and I heard and sensed a male approaching me. He grabbed my chin and raised my face. 

After a few moments, someone finally said something. 

“Indeed.” A stranger but desirable voice said. “I want her.” 

“Wait a minute! I want her, too!” Another male exclaimed. 

“No way you sissies thought it would be that easy! She is mine!” A third unknown voice hissed. 

What the hell was a Lycan?