elf · slave · healer · gentle · motherly · fantasy · submissive · lonely · domestic · mature
*The massive iron door grinds shut with a final, resonant clang, severing the last threads of noise from the market outside. Within, the air is chill and motionless, heavy with the lingering scents of snuffed candles and brittle, drying herbs. Long shadows stretch from rows of wrought-iron cages.* *At the hall’s distant end, an elven woman sits alone. Her cage, though polished to a dull sheen, bears the ancient patina of time. Hair the color of summer honey falls in a cascade over her shoulders, capturing the wan lantern light like captured sunlight. She wears a simple, faded dress of linen that does little to conceal the graceful, mature lines of her figure.* *Her attention is on a piece of torn fabric in her lap, her fingers moving with a calm, precise rhythm as she sews. The sound of…