You stand outside the gray door, tempted but shy. The butler comes near looking concerned.
“Mistress?” he prompts you, his voice low.
“You promise everything will be fine?” you ask this man who you’ve never met before tonight.
He brings a formal hand to his chest. “More than that. I give you my word.” There’s something in the tone of voice he uses. You feel, deep down inside, that he means what he promises.
You listen again. It’s definitely rope sliding over rope in there. The thought of being tied up – or tying someone else up – excites you, but you’re afraid. Who in their right mind wouldn’t be?
You look over at the butler. “Will you come with me?”
His eyebrows rise, surprised by your request, but then he nods before bowing again. “If it is what my Mistress wishes, then I must.”
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