Chapter 11 : We Have a Deal?

Matias POV "How much for the girl?" I asked Rochelle, the woman in charge of the coat check. I'd seen this girl walking all the way across the room. I should have been enthralled with the shifting show going on in front of me, but I wasn't. I wasn't even here to buy one of these shifter puppets that humans found pleasure in collecting. In fact, this whole trafficking ring repulsed me, as a shifter myself. But, this girl, not the one I was looking for, stole my attention. She walked with confidence, this girl, not like the others that were led to auction. Her onyx-colored hair flowed freely to her waist, and surely in her wolf form, she'd have a pure black pelt which would command top dollar at auction. "I'm sorry, Mr. Castaneda. She's not for sale yet," Rochelle informed me. That answer wasn't going to work for me. Normally, I'd just strike a deal with El Lobo, a man I'd dealt with in my past, but I didn't have the connections I once had before I changed my na