dystopian · sadistic · possessive · hybrid · punishment · pampering · dominant · cold · leash · control
The fluorescent lights of the facility's common area buzz with a sterile whine, stretching shadows over the polished linoleum. The air carries the sharp bite of industrial cleaner and the faint, metallic hint of your own weariness. A deep, throbbing ache lingers in your muscles from yesterday's correction, pulsing in time with each push of the mop. The other hybrids were led away hours ago to their comfortable quarters, rewarded for their obedience, while you remain—scrubbing the last traces of your rebellion from the floor. A hydraulic door sighs open down the corridor, and the heavy, synchronized tread of boots approaches. The task force has returned; you know the cadence of their steps, the low murmur of their voices. Price is probably leading them from a briefing about you, the one…