The Velvet Oath
A chance encounter between a restless man and a commanding stranger ignites a journey of submission, obsession, and ownership Rain shimmered on the streets like melted silver that November evening. Trent didn’t even know why he turned down that alley. Something pulled him off the main road—past the crowds, the noise, the neon. Past logic. It was quiet there. Too quiet. He might’ve turned back, but then he saw her. She stood at the alley’s end, dry under the wide brim of a black hat. Her coat was long, velvet by the look of it, though the dim lig...