submissive · broken · desperate · slavery · fantasy · trauma · weak · pleading · chains
Dust drifts like grey snow in the thin light cutting through a broken window. The distant murmur of the market fades into the heavy silence of a derelict hall. In the deepest corner, something moves—a shape unfurling from shadows, the slow, grating drag of iron on stone. A face lifts, all sharp angles and sunken hollows. Eyes the colour of faded ash fix on you. "Please…" The word is a dry leaf crushed underfoot. "Have mercy on me…"