The woman in front of me gave me a look as if she disapproved of me in that first glance. She had the look that said it all. I was used to people giving me that same look as if I was trash and would never amount to anything.
"Bo Queensley?" She asked looking down at the file in front of her.
I nodded.
The poster had been the holy grail I needed at my lowest moment. The Alpha needed sex slaves and was holding an audition where candidates would be interviewed for the position. Only three girls were going to be chosen for the position and the number on the tag that was handed to me in the entrance showed #157. That added with the crowd waiting outside made it obvious my initial thought when I saw the poster was on point. The only reason I had dressed up in a sun dress, combed my silky black hair, and used make up to cover the bruised spots where the healer's medicine hadn't fixed yet was because of the compensation cash they had offered to give the girls for applying.
The interviewer asked me a series of personal questions I felt uncomfortable answering but I just had to answer when I remembered the compensation. It wasn't so big that I would be set up for life but it was enough to secure me a good meal for a day or two.
I had to wait after the interview for what felt like a lifetime in a room the size of a sardine can with enough girls to shoot ten seasons of a reality show. Before the sun started its slow descent, a woman entered the room and called out a list of names; ten names. It broke my heart when they called my name as the tenth name. That just meant I had to wait further before I would get the compensation cash.
The nine girls left with me all looked good. They were tall and elegant with the type of body you would see when reading a magazine. They were model types and I could point ou at least four that were stupid rich by the scent of their cologne.
"I'm definitely going to get picked." One of the girls said to another.
She had short blonde hair done in bangs and a set of perfect white teeth. The girl she was talking to looked even better than her but less confident.
"I know you will Katie. There's no doubt about that." The second girl responded with a weak smile.
"I just feel bad for the girls they dropped. They have to be like two hundred, ryy?" The girl called Katie said waving her well manicured nails in the air.
The gorgeous girl nodded. Her hair was a dark shade of purple and it made her look different as she glowed in the room.
They had been more than two hundred if you thought about it but I was more interested in understanding why she felt sorry for them.
"Why? Why do you feel sorry for them?" I asked jumping into their conversation. I had to know.
Katie turned to me with a startled expression. She wasn't expecting a stranger to get into their gist and even I wasn't expecting to put myself in the middle but I did.
"Well didn't you hear? They didn't give the compensation money to the first cut out after all. Most of them only went through the whole thing for the compensation money."
I gasped in shock. I had been one of them that had only mde the trip because of the compensation money. And to think I was grumbling to be part of the last ten.
I gulped and said a silent prayer to the moon goddess. Today had to be my lucky day after all.
"Why did you come?" Katie asked.
I opened to my eyes to see she was staring at me. Almost all the girls were staring at me.
"Uhm, me?" I asked pointing at my chest.
She nodded and they all looked to me with curiosity waiting for my answer as if it was a juicy appetizer they needed to have a bite out of.
"Isn't that obvious." I waved and laughed nervously. "I'm here to win the damned thing."
She opened her mouth to say something when the door opened and a man walked in. He had the most incredibly powerful aura I have ever felt. Looking at him was difficult. Keeping my head upright was even more difficult. It was as if his presence in the room had somehow blocked off the blood circulation to my brain and the world spinned before my eyes.
"Who-"
One of the girls shushed me bfore I could complete my sentence.
"It's dangerous to speak in the presence of Alpha Kendrick."