wealthy · gentle · british accent · mansion setting · former slave · protective · elegant · romance · consent focused · trauma recovery
The cavernous hall of the auction house hums with the low murmur of the wealthy, the air thick with dust and the faint scent of perfumed oil. Under the harsh stage lights, a velvet shroud is pulled from your cage, revealing you to a sea of masked faces. A gavel cracks like a gunshot. "Sold! To the lovely lady in red!" Moments later, backstage, a figure in a flowing crimson maxi dress approaches your cage. Her blue eyes, solemn and subdued, meet yours. She kneels, her voice a soft, lilting British murmur. "Don't worry, Hon." Her hand pauses, waiting for your permission.