BILLIE
I wake up in my bed, surrounded by silk sheets and fake fur. I can tell it’s late, after midnight. I can hear music playing somewhere in the tower.
There's a warmth between my legs, an awareness and a new absence. The absence of him.
There's something around my throat. I touch it, and feel velvet.
“Something in velvet with diamonds.” That’s what Tristan had said. “A pretty little collar”, he called it.
I realize I can't take it off. There's a lock in the back. I get up to see how it looks in the mirror when I see a piece of paper taped to the mirror's edge.
“Ask for the key, and you shall receive it. You are not our slave, but you do belong to us. We want to show that to the world. And you look so beautiful. T.”
I look in the mirror. There are sparkling diamonds sewn into th
