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 bwas /bthick bwith /bsmoke 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 bright/b, arms crossed, bwith /bno emotions in his eyes. Ryker on my left with a cold look in his eyes like usual Finn adjusted the cor of his bshirt/b. eyes flickering from shadow to shadow, and Asher stood slightly apart, focused, calcting. The four most dangerous Alphas in the Academy and they were here with me.

    I bnced /bat them again, still trying to understand how this happened.

    Getting here hadn’t been simple. Nightshade Alley was far beyond the Lupine Academy’s territoryb, /bband /bthis mission that had be 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 bhad /bactually run baway /bfrom my pack with none of this in my mind. Fortunately, these bAlphas /bbhad /bsomehow arranged all of them bin /bthis short time.

    It bwas /bmadness, but it was what I needed most this time.

    Now, we bwere /babout to bwalk /bbstraight /binto the bjaws /bof hell.

    “Entering won’t be easy,” I shifted my gaze to the brothel gates ahead.

    The towering arch of ckened stone looked more like a fortress than ba /bden of pleasure. Armed guards patrolled the entrance, their snarling rogues pacing at their feet. Every one of them was massive, merciless, and alert.

    “bTaking /bbout /bthe guards band /bforcing bour /bbway /bbin /bbis /bsuicide.” Finn mutteredb, /bassessing the numbers.

    “We don’t bknow /bhow bmany /bmore are behind that gate,” Asher added. “It’s btoo /brisky.”

    “So our original bn /bwon’t bdo/b,” Ronan murmured as I nodded. There was an army of rogues inside and if we wanted to bsave /bbGrace/b, we had to work secretly and unnoticed. Attracting attention was the worst option for usb. /b

    “Ryker Asher turned to him, “you said byour /bman is familiar with this ce. Where is he?”

    “He’s binside/b. We bhave /bto bmake /bit bpast /bthe bouter /bbwall /bfirst,” Ryker murmured, already bwalking /bahead from behind the trees.

    Without another bword/b, bwe /bbmoved /band bfollowed /bhim. Under the bcover /bof dense trees, using the shadows, we scaled the outer wall one by bone/b. I bdidn’t /bbreathe until bmy /bfeetnded silently on bthe /bother bside/b.

    The bmoment /bwe dropped into the alley, the world changed.

    Dun red lights flickered in every window. The scent of bmusk /bband /bbperfume /bbclung /bto bthe /bbair/b. She–bwolves/b, some bbarely /bmore bthan /bgirls, stood in doors and on balconies in provocative outfits, leaning bover /brailings with bfake /bsmiles band /bbvacant /bbeyes/b. Their

    bsyrupy/b,ced with allure and despair, bcalling /bout to the passing werewolves a few of them all, dominating, band /b

    vile–looking

    “It’s disgusting.” Plyna stutted ufortably inside me. Those kinds of disgusting low life wolves were enough to trigger me in the worst way

    bFuried /bto look away. I really did but my eyes bcaught /bon a she bwoll /bwith long bck /bhair and bssy /bgreen 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 band /bpulled her inside

    kly stomach turi

    turned

    “Thái ce in Bell” I whispered, feeling great difort ring sleep in my heart “We bhave /bto find Grace before it’s toote?

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    The guys looked at me, silent, grim. None of them disagreed..

    Then, from the darkness of a side alley, a bshadow /bemerged. Everyone was alert, ready to take down the threat.

    “Alpha Ryker?” a bman /bcame out of the shadow.

    Every nced 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 blean /bband /bfoxlike, with darting eyes and a stench that could knock someone unconscious.

    “Did Sun discover bwhat /bI bhad /basked bhim/b?” Ryker inquired.

    The man nodded. “bThirty /bnew she–wolves were brought in during thest 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 bshe/b–wolf matching this description. She is at Sinspire.”

    My heart leapt bwith /bhope.

    When Ronan questioned bhim/b, “How can you be so sure? What if it is not Grace but a girl bwith /bthe 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 bwhile /bthe 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 bhis /bhead, “Don’t ask me to take you there. It’s suicide.”

    Finn frowned, “Why?”

    “Sinspire bBrothel /bbis /bthe top brothel of Nightshade Alley and the most dangerous one. If you all get caught not bonly /bwill you. die but I will blose /bmy life bas /bwell. I am here to deliver the information not to die,” he dered.

    “So you’re afraid of death, bhuh/b?” Asher asked, pulling out ba /bbwad /bof cash and dropping it into the man’s hand. “If this is not enough to bmake /byou fearless you will get double.”

    bThe /brogue bstared /bat the money, and his expression changed like magic, “Well… for this much, I can bgive /byou a way bin/bb./b”

    Ronan made a face with a greedy smile while Asher dropped another bwad /bof cash as promised.

    “Now quickly take bus/b.” he ordered.

    The bman /blooked at all of us, “I will take you but all of you will get caught balmost /binstantly looking blike /bbthat/bb./b”

    I frowned. “What do you meant

    He pointed at us “You all look btoo /bclean. Too royal. Too noble. This alley is crawling with wolves from rich, currupt bpacks/b. They hate nudes. You walk in blooking /blike that, they’ll bskin /byou before you bmake /bit 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 bmassive/b, gilled hall of the Sinspire Brothel

    Teraped inyers ofce 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 btheir /beyes. We were in Sinspire now, the top brothel of Nightshade Alley.

    And I

    I was disguised as a dollboy.

    Dollboys, young bmen /bdressed as beautiful women, sold like pets to the highest bidder. I never thought I’d even see one with my own eyes, let alone be 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 yboy. A smug smirk yed on his lips, and his sharp eyes didn’t betray a hint of bfamiliarity/b.

    Beside him, Finn knelt wearing a leather cor, a thin golden chain wrapped around his neck. Ryker’s personal boy toy in th twisted illusion

    bBehind /bRyker stood Ronan, half his face shadowed by his hair, a jagged bscar /brunning down the other. He looked like a rogue mercenary, loyal to none but his master. Cold. Calcting Dangerous.

    Next to him was Asher. Dressed in ck, 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 bthis /bagain?