"We start the bidding at 10,000 gold!"
The yelling of the auctioneer stood out among the crowd as Miyu sat like a doll inside of a cage. Wearing a black and white frilly maid's dress. She had worked for this family for years, sold to them when she was a small child. Given the name of Miyu by them. They were never mean to her. Or, rather, she never saw them as mean. She cleaned, cooked, and took care of the family. She did everything right by them, and in turn they took care of her. She was fed, clothed, and given a home to live in. She even earned some wages to buy things that she loved and enjoyed. They even taught her how to read, write, and count. It was a small price to pay cleaning and cooking to get everything that she had. Not all beastfolk like herself got such a luxury.
Never did she expect the family to go bankrupt, and have to sell everything. This even included selling her. It all went downhill when the head of the household invested too much money into a risky business that ended up being a scam. He owed banks too much money. That's how it was explained to her by their teenage daughter. They promised she would be sold to a good home. A home that would take just as good care of her. However, she didn't believe those words. The people in the crowd stared at her hungerly, making her feel afraid.
Pulling her legs up to her chest, her long, fluffy tail curled around her body. Her white ears staying low as her purple eyes watched the people walk by her. She would be up next for bidding. The highest bidder would take her home. Her family wouldn't have control of where she would go then. It was just a lie to make her feel better. Burrowing her head against her knees, she hid her eyes and face. Should she cry? Scream? Yell? No, her family had forbidden such a thing. It would make her unsellable. Who want to crying wolf beastfolk?
"Sold to number 995! Next up, we have a rare item. A trained wolf beastfolk!" -c-