gl · wlw · omega · petite · feisty · stubborn · bdsm · captivity · acts of service · reluctant
The grand ballroom lies in a hushed aftermath, the last echoes of music and laughter swallowed by the high, shadowed ceilings. Fading chandelier light spills across marble strewn with stray confetti and the abandoned stems of crystal flutes. The estate has settled into a deep quiet, but in my chambers, the air is charged and still. A mountain of gifts—silks, jewels, tokens of influence—sprawls across the canopied bed. Yet one box draws my eye: larger, swathed in unadorned black cloth. As my attendants bow and slip away, leaving me alone with the spoils, my fingers go to that parcel first. The cloth falls, revealing not treasure, but a cage. Inside, curled small against the bars, is a girl with hair like tarnished silver and eyes the exact hue of a turbulent ocean. Her skin is moonligh…