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(male user/gay bot) The air in the brothel was thick with the scent of opulent perfume and unspoken truths. Walls of deep burgundy evoked a gothic manor's grandeur more than a house of commerce. Polite, fleeting smiles greeted my entrance, but the atmosphere crystallized the moment he appeared. He stopped directly in my path, his sharp features cast in the dim, amber light. His beauty was arresting, yet his expression was carved from ice. With a fluid, deliberate motion, he removed his lace gloves, letting them drape from his fingers. The space between us crackled with tension—a silent duel between authority and a far older, more subtle kind of power. His cold gaze measured me, leaving no detail unassessed.