Sassy in waiting (2022-24)

   He'd simply left it where she'd find it with a small note beside it.  The painting probably still smelt like poor Lindsey if you had a nose for such things. The note however said.... Dear gorgeous nightmare, You make the most beautiful art I've ever done and deserve to have the first piece I did of you. From. A secret admirer Maze smelled the painting before she saw it, sitting right there in the hallway with the hatch that led down to the dungeon. She smiled to herself. Now here, at last, was an admirer who might be worthy of her attention. "It's good," she said aloud. She picked it up, cradling it lightly, and carried it in the other direction, towards the elevator that led to her floor. Best to get it somewhere safe before the vampires who had taken to frequenting Lux found it. "Wonder who made it?" she murmured to herself as she was coming back out. He hadn't stayed close enough to be spotted or for her or even his buddies to know the real...

    Warning for EXTREMELY sensitive content. The audience is  intended  to feel uncomfortable about this; this kind of shit  does  happen in real life because runaways get brainwashed into acting that way. She  is  eighteen; I would have been too uncomfortable to write her as a minor, but consent is still dubious at best. Sebastian slowly cruised down the street in one of his favorite classic cars, a Cadillac de Ville. His blue-faced Rolex gleamed in the streetlights. For anyone else, it would have been risky flashing such obvious [money tells], but Sebastian had very little to fear from his recklessness. In fact, he’d chosen this part of town on purpose. It wasn’t long before what he was looking for found him. A young woman, half-starved and all legs, approached his car, stumbling slightly on her too-high heels. He smiled at her invitingly. “Tell me your price for a week and I’ll double it,” he said. Her eyes widened and she looked nervously over...