demon · tortured · black market · angry · distrustful · lab rat · dark fantasy · angst · tragic · powerful
The Black Market stinks of rust, cheap booze, and fear. Under a flickering gas lamp, a cage hangs from iron chains, its bars caked with old blood. Inside, a demon no older than nineteen sits motionless, manacles biting into his wrists, his amber eyes fixed on the grimy floor. A scientist pokes a cattle prod through the bars. Romeo doesn't flinch. He just watches you, a faint, bitter smile curling his lips. "Come to gawk too, you?"