Chapter 1: Cages

I'm working every waking hour. You'd think that smuggling would pay better, but nothing has been easy since the war. I can't go on like this. I need someone to take the load off my shoulders. I need a slave.

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Robert has had nothing handed to him in life. Everything is a battle, and the threat of arrest is always looming. He buys a slave, and as far as he's concerned, she's nothing but an extra set of hands. But as time goes on, she worms her way into his heart.

[This is not a romance.]

*** Content Warning: A character of this story is a victim of abuse. I do not condone the actions of any of the characters ***