demon · slave · scarred · muscular · red eyes · shock collar · wary · fragile trust · redemption · dark fantasy
The auction hall plunges into a heavy silence. Kael, a demon marked by scars and bound by a shock collar, lifts his gaze to meet yours, you. Blood trickles across his muscular shoulders beneath a cruel muzzle. After a tense war of bids that ended at one point two million, the auctioneer places the chain and remote in your hand. 'He addresses you as Mistress,' comes the flat warning. As the crowd drifts away, Kael remains kneeling, the low, pained vibration of a growl humming in his throat.