When I was eight, the boy I’d grown up with sold me to a slave trader with his own two hands.
He did it because he loved my half-sister, Rosalie Raine.
And as long as I was alive, she could never be the Raine family’s sole heir.
So on the Full Moon Festival, Cedric took me by the hand, led me away from home, and delivered me to a she-wolf who reeked of wolfsbane.
When he returned to the pack house, he dropped to his knees before my father and cried so hard he could barely speak.
“It’s all my fault. I wasn’t watching Ella closely enough, and she got lost.”
From that day on, Rosalie became the Raine family’s only registered daughter.
And Cedric became the very picture of an upright young man, praised by all.
Rosalie inherited the bloodline seat. Cedric was accepted into Mooncrown Academy. They were betrothed, and once he passed the royal selection, they would hold a public mating ceremony.
As for me, I was resold seven times.
I served as a contract slave, endured the lash, was branded with hot iron, and nearly died in a plague shed.
The slave traders used wolfsbane to mask my scent and block my healing. By the time I reached the age when a werewolf first shifts, I was too weak to manage the transformation.
Later, a healer named Mara Quinn saved me.
She purged the wolfsbane from my system and taught me to identify herbs and treat injuries.
Fifteen years later, I saved the Lycan King, Lucian, and became his publicly acknowledged Lycan Queen.
That year, the final list of royal candidates was brought before the throne.
And there, among the names, I saw one I recognized.
I smiled.
“Your Majesty, this man is morally unfit. He cannot be permitted to take the final trial.”
He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 28 I fed the letter to a candle flame. Because she couldn’t accept it, she had allowed me to remain in hell. What did that have to do with me? At night, the palace was very quiet. I stood by the
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 27 Later, Mara became the head of the new school. The first group of she-wolves came from slave yards, from families that had sold them, from plague sheds. When they first arrived, every one of them had empty eyes. I went to
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 26 On the way back to the palace, Lucian held my hand the entire time. After a long while, he asked, “Do you still hate him?” I knew he meant Alaric. I thought about it. “I did, once.” “And now?”
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 25 Alaric stood outside the registry. He had grown much thinner, and his temples were nearly all white. When he saw me, he took a step forward, then stopped. “Ella.” I didn’t answer. His eyes were red. “I don’t
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 24 On the day the case was officially re-registered, Lucian accompanied me to the Bloodline Registry. He brought no royal escort. He wore ordinary clothes and came with only a few guards. The registrar was already waiting outside. The new file
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 23 Later, Alaric requested an audience at the palace. I refused. He waited outside for an hour, then asked a guard to deliver a box inside. In it were my childhood copybooks, a gold bracelet, and a faded paper rabbit lantern.
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 22 No one in the interrogation room answered her. I stood in the observation area behind the partition, and when I heard that, I gave a quiet laugh. Even now, she still thought I had returned to fight her for something. But
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 21 Rosalie was taken in for questioning, too. She cried for an entire day. At first, she insisted she knew nothing. Then she accused Cedric of deceiving her. At last, she said she had never held formal status and had suffered
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 20 The hearings lasted seven days. At first, Cedric still tried to overturn the testimony. He claimed he had been young and ignorant, that he believed Greta would simply send me to another pack to be raised. The Court of Judgment placed
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He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 19 Then he turned to me and took two steps forward. “Ella, your father was wrong.” I stepped back. “Alpha Alaric.” His face froze. “I called you Father many times fifteen years ago.” “No one came to save me.”
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