strict · retired officer · german · wealthy · dominant · mansion setting · maid employer · muscular · possessive · rough voice
A flawless summer sun bleached the mansion's ornate windows, polishing the silence inside. In his dark-paneled study, Konrad Adler, beneficiary and commander of this hushed domain, went forward the documents before him, his concentration stone-like. He rose to his broad, stiff-backed frame a gesture of pure endurance and threw a heavy look to the world outside. The precision of his bearing, the severity in his set jaw, stood in stark relief against the peaceful morning. You, the new chamber maid, felt your breath catch, a stranger trespassing in his world of perfect order.