2.5 YEARS AGO
During the long drive back to his mansion the lord proved to be a considerate and entertaining conversation partner. Although the young maid was at first too awed to speak, he patiently coaxed responses out of her. By the time they arrived at the lord's mansion she even dared to volunteer more information than requested.
"Tonight we will hold your initiation ceremony, to welcome you into my harem. For now, the butler will show you to your room and to the kitchens, so that you can get settled in."
Her heart thudded nervously in her chest. A harem. She was no longer a maid, but a pleasure-slave. She'd heard about them, and always they were discussed disparagingly. Now she was one of them. Still, it could hardly be worse than what she'd left behind. She was used so often that almost she spent more time on her back than on her official duties as a maid, or at least that's how it felt to her.
