The air inside Sandoray was thick with an intoxicating blend of fear and authority. The walls of the prison seemed to pulse with the power exerted over the lives of the men who were mere subjects to the whims of their female overseers. Lady Karla, ever the embodiment of control, walked with a confident stride,...

Lady Reannon and Lady Tanya stood like twin predators, their eyes gleaming with a dark, almost gleeful intensity. The room, dimly lit with flickering candles, was a stage for their casual cruelty, and their power seemed to fill every corner of it. Shane lay beneath them, a trembling, writhing figure, pinned to the floor by...

Daniel opens the old iron gate to the field with a creak, wincing slightly at the loud sound it makes. The sign nailed to it is impossible to miss, “Private Property – Trespassers Will Be Tortured,” but he simply shrugs. The bold, red letters are clearly meant to frighten off would-be intruders, but Daniel isn’t...