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Carla

Midnight came and the Alpha King was the one who woke me up and instructed both of us to get dressed. After that, we made our way to the location of the auction, where the bidding process was already under way.

Outside of the large tent, there was a line formed by hundreds of slaves. Some of them were carrying banners that declared their support for a variety of different causes. A few dozen individuals covered their faces with black hoods and wore white robes as they moved around the crowd. They maintained a low profile while watching everything that was going on. Among those who had gathered, I recognized a few people, and it turned out that some of the slaves had previously been held as captives but had emancipated themselves. They appeared to be very frail and undernourished, and their wounds had not yet completely healed. Others were common citizens, such as children and elderly people, whose lives were shattered as a direct result of the brutality of the slave traders. Eve