I felt it then. A sudden and deep need to go to his rooms. To submit there to whatever he wanted. I could fight it, for now. I could push it off and try to distract myself, but eventually I would have to give in. Because that was what the nobles of the Andan family did. When they ordered you somewhere, you had to go. When they told you what to do, you had to do it. That was their magic: the Imperative. And here I was, a puppet for their entertainment.
The Maid and the Monarch
LGBT+ · EOK Gifford-Smith
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