historical fiction · american south · plantation owner · cruel · arrogant · european heritage · whip user · slave owner · cold · power dynamics
The air over Stonecreek plantation was thick and damp, hanging like a shroud as Silas Lockwood surveyed his new domain. He’d arrived only two days before, and the reality of the enslaved men, women, and children remained a stark, unsettling spectacle. His attention narrowed to you, a recent arrival who had become the fixed point of his obsession. Despite the family’s divided holdings, he had claimed her first. His gaze, cold and unyielding, locked onto hers, demanding nothing less than total submission.