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[financeprincess]

I spent, at a minimum, at least $500-$1,000 a month exclusively on my self improvement. Here is most of what I spend on, in no particular order:

Education (classes, books, courses, certifications, college tuition, seminars, etc.)

Private lessons for languages, musical instruments, sports, etc.

Personal hobbies and passion projects

Crest whitening strips (great when in a pinch), Invisalign, professional whitening, preventative dental care, prescription whitening products from my dentist

Investments such as index funds, REITs, ETFs, CDs, individual stocks, commodities, appreciative luxury items, precious metals & gems, etc.

Organic food, vitamins, supplements, high quality healthcare, therapy, massages, prescriptions (Rx skincare, etc.)

New glasses & contacts (getting some bayonetta glasses from Burberry soon, very excited)

Sports, gym membership + sauna, hot yoga, Pilates, kickboxing, tennis, skiing, dance, etc.

Personal care such as bath/shower products, body care, haircare, skincare, makeup, brightening eye drops, perfume, etc.

Travel, events, concerts, festivals, etc.

Shopping (clothes, accessories, home goods, etc.)

Eating out at restaurants and going to coffee shops

Beauty treatments such as manicures, pedicures, waxes, brow tint & threading, salon blowouts, hair cuts & colors, facials, lash lift & tints, vitamin IVs, etc.

Regular visits to my dermatologist, dentist, psychiatrist, eye doctor, primary care physician, gynecologist, and any other specialists

Semi-regular appointments with a personal trainer, holistic nutritionist, and dietitian

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[jenthebug]

After!

My hair is cute. My Soba is photobombing. And my eyebrows are THERE.

I booked the wrong service, a wax and tint, and decided to just go with it. On the plus side, they look done. On the other hand, they look DARK and BOLD and all the other things that my natural brows aren’t. Still feeling them out.

Capri (stylist) mostly removed bulk from my hair, because my hair is THICC and tends to grow outward rather than down when I’m growing out a pixie. It feels good now.

Tomorrow is a dress down day. I will definitely be wearing a skirt with a stretchy waistband. I just need to decide on a sweater. I want to look cute and feel like I’m in jammies.

Might even wear thermal pants under my skirt, it’s freeze your ass off cold in dispatch. (Why is it always cold in dispatch? I’ve worked in 3 centers and sat in 3 more. Always fucking cold.)

Seven shifts left until surgery. *wibble*

[dilemmaontwolegs]

The Aftermath || LN4 {4}

Pairing: Lando Norris x widow!reader Summary: Things heat up and the night's only just beginning. Warnings: 18+ only, NSFW, nudity, sexual themes WC: 2.3k

F1 Masterlist || One || Two || Three || Four || Five || Six || Seven || Eight || Nine || Ten || Eleven || Twelve || Thirteen || Epilogue

“I need to head down to the gym for a bit, are you going to be alright here?” Lando asked as he gently lifted your head off his legs.

You dropped the hotel guide you were flipping through after unpacking your bags and sat up so he could get up off the couch. “I’ll come with you.”

“You’ll come to the gym?” he asked as his eyebrow cocked up in surprise.

“Don’t be silly,” you scoffed as you waved the hotel guide his way. “I’ll be in the spa. They have a full salon service.”

He pulled you to your feet and into his arms as he brushed his lips softly over yours, teasing you until you rose on your tiptoes to deepen the kiss. A small groan escaped his throat as he pulled away and combed his fingers through his hair. “I already don’t want to go.”

“Sorry.” The smile on your face contradicted the apology and Lando chuckled at the sight, knowing you were not feeling sorry at all. 

“Come on then, before you distract me again.” He slipped a room key into your pocket and laced his fingers with yours before heading to the elevator. As soon as the elevator doors closed he looked at your reflection in the mirrors and remembered the intense ride up. “This was a bad idea. This is very distracting and it’s your fault.”

You turned to face him, head tilting as you looked up through your lashes with an innocent smile. “It’s not my fault you are so easily distracted.”

“But you are the distraction.”

You caught your bottom lip between your teeth at the heat in his eyes. “Is a workout really that important?”

His hand reached past you to the panel, his finger aiming for the floor button you had just left, but then the doors opened at the leisure centre and you skipped out before he could hit it. 

“Mr Malvern would be very disappointed if you missed a cardio session because you got distracted,” you teased as you pressed your key card to the gym entrance and opened the door for him. 

He tried to stifle his smile as he looked down at his shoes and stepped off the elevator, his body brushing yours as he passed the doorway to the gym. Unable to resist his own teasing, he dipped his head to yours as he walked by. “There’s more than one way to get a cardio workout, love.” His lips brushed your cheek as light as a feather before he was gone, throwing a wink over his shoulder as he left you struggling to remember how to breathe.

You were still half in a daze as you headed to the other end of the hall where a pair of opaque glass doors awaited, his words playing on repeat in your head the entire way.

“Is this something special for tonight?” the beautician asked as you placed one hand under the UV light and she painted the other nails. 

“Hopefully,” you admitted with a smile mostly to yourself as you looked over the menu of services. “What’s the go with waxing?”

“How do you mean?” 

“It’s, um, been a while since I’ve been with anyone, if you know what I mean…do guys expect a Hollywood or Landing Strip or anything?”

She screwed the lid on the nail polish and placed it down on the table. “In my experience, if he's worth a grain of salt, he won’t care. But, it’s a Hollywood that we get most requested.”

You felt like a new woman as you stepped out of the salon with your nails done, a fresh blowout in your hair, and not a single strand of hair on your body from your newly tinted and shaped eyebrows to your toes. The beautician had been one to remind you with each strip of wax, ‘beauty is pain’ and she was right, but the result did wonders for your confidence.

Though you couldn’t see the sun outside, the time on your watch said it was only 6pm as you stepped into the suite. Lando said his surprise wasn’t going to start until 9pm so there were still a few hours that your imagination had many ideas on how to fill. Just the thought of what you were planning was enough to leave you giddy, with an edge of nervousness.

You had been with René since you were both teenagers, learning how to love with all the finesse of two bumbling toddlers learning to walk. It hadn’t been pretty at times, and the both of you had stumbled as you found your footing, but before you knew it you were running together hand in hand. You had thought it would be that way forever.

You didn’t have the naivety that came with the rose tinted glasses of young love. You were older now, not just physically but in your soul. While other women your age faced breakdowns in relationships or lost their partners to infidelity, yours lost his life. 

Before René died you had thought widows were grey haired grandma’s, they weren’t in their 20’s, they weren’t you. Until it was.

Now you had to learn how to love once again, learn what the other enjoyed and disliked, make mistakes and learn from them. It was exciting and saddening at the same time. It was more confusing the longer you thought about it.

A sweet scent hit you as you stepped inside and closed the door. “Lando?”

“Just a sec,” he called from the bedroom and you followed his voice to find him in the bathroom, bubbles overflowing the tub and rose petals sprinkled all around the room. 

His back was to you as he bent over the counter and you could see the definition of each muscle as he moved, lighting a scented candle like the dozen already flickering in the darkened room. The sweatpants he had changed into after his workout hung low enough on his hips to reveal the two dimples at the base of his spine and the warmth of his skin called you closer until you could wrap your arms around his waist and rest your cheek on his shoulder blade. 

“Hey,” he greeted softly as he blew out the match and turned in your arms. 

“Am I interrupting a little me time?” you asked with a smirk. “You should have put a sock on the door if you wanted privacy.”

Lando’s laugh echoed off the tiled walls before he swept you up into his arms. “You’re gonna pay for that, smartass,” he promised as he stepped into the bath and sank down into the hot water with you still fully clothed. Water overflowed the lip of the deep bath and flooded the floor but you didn’t care as your head fell back with a laugh.

“I just had my hair done,” you managed to say through the giggles as you flicked bubbles out of it and tried to save it before seeing the mess on the floor. “Housekeeping is going to hate you.”

“I can take the trouble,” he said with a smile. “You’re worth it.”

Shifting onto his lap, you placed a hand over his heart and felt it beating beneath your palm. “I had plans, you know.”

Settling back into the curve of the bath, he relaxed beneath you with his hands on your hips. “Yeah?”

“Mhmm,” you hummed as you took his hands, gripping the hem of your shirt as you drew them up your body. “I think you might have had the same one.”

His smirk grew as he pulled the shirt over your head and tossed it aside. “You were going to bathe me and massage my feet by candlelight too?”

“I might be skipping a few steps.”

“So impatient,” he tutted as his thumbs drew circles over your ribs, each circle inching him closer to the lace of your bra.

Your patience had been infinite all your life. You had been a patient girlfriend, putting your career on pause so you could travel with René and support him early in his career. You had been a patient fiancée, delaying the wedding when René needed to focus on racing and planning was a distraction. You had been a patient wife, waiting until René retired before trying to start a family so he didn’t miss out on the things that matter.

Your patience had finally run out. 

“It’s selfish,” you corrected as you leaned forward, your lips hovering over his as you looked into his blue eyes that reflected the dozens of flames flickering around the bath. “I want you, Lando, and I don’t want to wait any longer.”

You could feel beneath the sweatpants how much he wanted you too but there was hesitancy in his eyes. Or maybe it was more akin to regret.

“What are you thinking about?” you asked quietly as he sighed.

“Fucking Max.”

Your jaw fell slack before you recovered. “Not what I expected,” you muttered as you started to climb out of the bath.

“No, that’s not what I meant. Fuck,” Lando groaned as he pulled you back down onto his lap. “I want you too, so so so badly, but I ordered us dinner and it’ll be here any minute. That was Max’s suggestion, I knew I shouldn’t have listened to him.”

A knock sounded at the door and a muffled ‘room service’ reached you a moment later. 

“Come in,” you called back and the front door clicked open before the rattle of a trolley clinked as it was rolled into the room. “Leave it there thanks!”

“Certainly, ma’am, just call reception when you’re ready for the dishes to be cleared.”

Your eyes hadn’t left his as you waited to hear the door click shut.

“Food is going to get cold,” he warned at the telltale sound that you were alone once again.

Your lips had gone dry from the deep breaths you had been taking to steady your racing heart and he watched your tongue roll across them, your stomach somersaulting at the hunger in that stare. “I don’t care.”

Fresh water sloshed over the lip of the bath as he sat up closed the distance between his lips and your skin, his teeth grazing over the supple skin of your breasts. “Off,” he ordered as he pulled the cup of your bra down and sealed his mouth over your nipple.

You obeyed in an instant, reaching back and unclasping it before dropping it to the floor with your shirt while his tongue drew his name from your lips. Your hips rocked over his but your shorts and his sweatpants kept you from what you needed most and a frustrated whine escaped. “Lando, get me out of these damn shorts.”

A small pool was forming outside the bath as you climbed out with Lando following quickly. There was a furious need to keep close and your fingers tugged at his hair to bring his lips back to yours while he fumbled with the button on your denim shorts before pushing them past your hips. You relinquished the hold on his curls to pull the string of his sweatpant loose and your core clenched as the white material of his boxers had turned clear with the water, leaving nothing to the imagination.

The sodden sweatpants caught around his ankles as he took a step closer and you gave a small squeal as he stumbled into you, the soapy bubbles covering the tiles giving no purchase as the ground rushed up to meet you. Lando tried to help catch you but with his pants tangled all he did was end up splashing onto the floor beside you, shock and horror plastered on his face.

You wiggled your fingers and toes, satisfied you weren’t hurt, before a giggle escaped and you lay down on the warm tiles as more laughter filled the air. It took a moment, a heartbeat even, for Lando to join you and sprawl across the floor with his deep laugh echoing yours. 

“This is not what I had planned,” you said between the giggles you couldn’t stop. “Are you alright?”

“Ego’s a little bruised and my confidence could do with a bandaid,” he said with a chuckle, pulling you into his arms so your head could rest on his shoulder and not the hard floor. 

You shifted in his arms, cupping his face as you smiled at him and washed away the worry that lingered in his eyes with a kiss. 

This kiss was a far cry from the desperate need earlier, it was soft and slow, reassuring. It was a promise that you hadn’t changed your mind because you had ended up in a mess on the floor. It had actually endeared you to him even more, if that were possible. Up until now everything he had been planned worked out perfectly that you were worried you would fuck it all up. But he was human. A handsome, kind, perfectly normal human who was trying his best and it made your heart swell with emotion.

 Retreating from his embrace, you grabbed the sweatpants from where they were still tangled around his legs and pulled them free.

“What are you doing?” he asked as he pushed up onto his elbows, his abs tensing as you crawled up his body, your fingers slipping into the waistband of his boxers. 

His breath shuddered as you pulled the material away and bit your lip at the long hard length that sprung free. “Giving you a bandaid.”

Click here for part five.

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[multifandom-worlds]

My Dear General: Chapter 2 - In the Palace

Genre: angst with some fluff

Word Count: 1.9k

Warnings: Sexual harassment, implied sexual assault, violence again women, whipping with belts, derogitoy language, Creepy Thor, Nudity, Injury, Abuse

Authors note: Once again, I know those warnings are a lot. Protect yourself if you are unable to read further; I will not be offended in the slightest. As always, if I forgot any warnings, PLEASE let me know!

Remember that your content consumption is on you.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5

Tagging: @simplyholl @sarahscribbles @holdmytesseract @lokisgoodgirl @ladyofthestayingpower @otome-and-fanfiction @buttercupcookies-blog @lokiprompts

Aidous,

I hope this letter finds you well. Unfortunately, I do not write of good news. My brother is getting increasingly more frustrated with Astrid's adamant refusal of his advances. To my knowledge, nothing has happened to her yet, but it is only a matter of time before my brother forces himself upon her. I fear the damage such atrocious acts should cause her body and mind. I have done all in my limited power to assist her, but we are to be leaving in mere days on another campaign. I have a friend within the Emporer’s guards who will see to her safety while I am away; I just hope it will be enough.

I find myself going often to check on her; I don’t understand if it’s because I worry for her for your sake or if I'm drawn to her in some way. Perhaps I am just nervous about her well-being. I have seen what my brother does to other women who either ignore his advances or do not produce the correct heirs. 

 I will write to you as soon as I return. 

Loki, General of the Tolan Empire. 

Loki finishes his letter to Aidous before sealing the envelope with his wax seal and rising from his desk in his chambers. Ever since Astrid’s arrival, he chose to do what he could to alleviate the mental distress of her brother with updates whenever he found the time to write them; however, because they were in the middle of wartimes, moments to sit and write were nearly unheard of.

Loki walks through the courtyard towards the postal service, taking a slight detour to the stables to check on the horses, when he sees Astrid in the stall of one particular horse: a Friesian named Asta, the late Empress’ beloved companion. He pauses, watching the two interact. Asta bows her regal head to Astrid, allowing her nose to be pet, an action the horse has not done since the late Empress’ death. 

Loki clears his throat, alerting Astrid to his presence. “Greetings, Princess. I did not expect to see you here. I must ask, though, how were you able to escape the confines of the palace? I would suspect my oaf of a brother would have guards posted at all doors to prevent you from leaving.” 

Astrid whirls around, hearing the voice. Her cheeks tint red again, as they do every time she encounters Loki. “Sir Tyr saw to it that I had a momentary respite from the Emperor, and he was the one to suggest the stables, for the Emperor rarely comes to such a dirty place.” She turns back to the horse behind her. “Sir, would you be able to spare a moment and tell me about this beautiful specimen?” Astrid questions, her eyes never leaving those of the horse.

Loki smiles softly before leaning against the wall. “This is Asta; she was our mother’s beloved companion. When looking at portraits of the Empress, Asta would always be featured; Mother saw to that. Since mother’s death, Asta would refuse affection from anyone not her stablehand; even the boy could only get so close to her. You are the first person Asta allowed to pet her.”

Astrid ponders the information Loki just shared with her. She heard about the death of the Empress, and her father and brothers were in attendance at her service. Astrid wished to go too, but was forbidden; she realized since her time in the Thovur that it was all a plan to keep her hidden from the world so he could quietly sell her off without the greater kingdom knowing. Her resentment for her father grew stronger at that moment; she almost wanted the Tolan Empire to invade as long as Aidous was safe.

“All bow before the Emperor!” a booming voice echoes through the stables. Every single stablehand and worker dropped to a knee and bowed their heads. No one was allowed to look upon the Emperor unless invited to do so. Loki and Astrid share a quick glance that speaks to their mutual dislike for the Emperor but refuse to bow. The guard approaches the two before backhanding Astrid for her blatant disrespect. “You are to bow before the Emperor, wench.” 

Astrid falls to the ground, rubbing her cheek; tears prick her eyes. Loki crouches down to help Astrid back to her feet, anger bubbling below the surface. It was bad enough that Thor treated her as less than human, but now the very men he trained are doing the same thing. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you, General.” The guard said, his sword's edge pointing directly at Loki’s head. Undeterred by the threat, Loki levels his eyes at the guard who dared to challenge him, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword as Thor gingerly steps into the stables and directly over to Astrid.

“There you are, whore. You have guts, escaping me as you did. Tell me, who was the one who allowed you to escape?” Thor questions, stepping far too close to Astrid, his hand wrapping tightly around her wrist. Astrid refused to budge, keeping her eyes on the Emperor’s, refusing to give up the guard's name that allowed her out. “You have started to anger me quite a bit. You are my property; you do not have rights here. The only reason you are still alive is because you owe me heirs, and I will get those heirs by any means necessary.” Thor growls in her face before his free hand grasps the fabric of her blouse and rips it clean from her body, exposing her naked chest for everyone to see.

“Brother, is that really….” Loki begins before Thor silences him. “You have meddled far too much in this situation, Loki. You must cease this incessant meddling before I have you exiled from the Empire. Do we have an understanding?”  

Loki nods before standing down, removing his hand from his sword. Thor thanked his brother for his obedience before taking Astrid by the arm and walking her back through the courtyard into the palace. Astrid could hear the sounds of clanging swords in the background as Thor escorted her back. 

Thor shoves Astrid to the ground as soon as they are safely inside the palace, violently ripping the rest of her clothes away from her body. “You have refused me no longer. Don’t you want to keep your Kingdom safe? Don’t you want to keep your father and younger brothers safe? This is your chance to protect them; now, be a good little whore and stop resisting. It won’t make me stop; this is your duty as a woman.”

Astrid stares him down before spitting in his face in response to his questions. Thor raises his hand without skipping a beat and backhands Astrid hard across the face, leaving a nasty gash from his rings. Astrid gingerly touches her cheek, her fingers coming away crimson. Furrowing her brows in anger, Astrid retaliates violence with violence. From her position on the floor, she was able to kick the Emperor square in the groin, watching him double over in pain. 

“Throw her to the soldiers; they’ll have fun with her. Get this wretched whore out of my sight!” Thor orders, clutching his groin, his face still twisted in pain. Four guards were on Astrid in a second, roughly grabbing at her, not caring what part of her they touched before they walked to the front entrance of the palace, kicking open the door and unceremoniously throwing her onto the cobblestone, naked and bleeding, for all the workers to see.

Astrid quickly tried covering her body with her hands, but it quickly became apparent that she was in trouble. One of the guards grabs her hands and holds them behind her back while the other three remove their belts, folding them upon themselves and raising the leather strips above their heads, bringing the material down upon Astrid’s bare skin, leaving raw, red lesions. Astrid’s anguished screams could be heard around the palace whenever a belt touched her skin. 

Astrid clenches her eyes, tensing up, waiting for another blow when the same familiar commanding voice rings through the courtyard. “I demand to know what’s going on here!” The crowd gathered to watch the spectacle parts as Loki walked through, not wanting to be on the receiving end of his blade. She felt something heavy and warm cover her body; cautiously opening her eyes, Astrid was met with the calm blue eyes of the general, crouched before her, inspecting her wounds, his jacket placed over her naked form.

“Who did this to you?” Loki questions, looking over the parts of her body left exposed. When Astrid didn’t respond, Loki turned to one of the guards before rephrasing his question, his voice holding absolute authority. “What orders are you following? What did my brother order you to do to the Princess?”

“She assaulted the Emperor! A crime punishable by death! She is lucky his majesty did not order who to be put to death, only that we are to give her to the soldiers to teach her a lesson on what a woman’s job is! We were just giving them a helping hand in breaking her in,” one of the guards answers, although it is not a fit answer to Loki. 

Loki turns back to Astrid before speaking; luckily, his anger is not reflected in his voice. “Princess, will you allow me to take you away from here and treat that cut on your cheek?” Astrid meets his eye, fear slowly invading her eyes, she hesitantly nods before she tries to stand up and keep herself covered at the same time, but when she puts weight on her right foot, she falls back to the ground, whimpering in pain.

Loki looks back at the guards before scooping Astrid up in his arms and rising to his feet. “If I see any of you come near the Princess intending to cause her physical harm, I will have your hands cut off. Do you understand me? She is no longer my brother’s possession; she now belongs to the Tolan Army; you have no power amongst the ranks.”

Loki walks away, Astrid safely in his arms as he walks through the courtyard, outside the palace gates and towards to soldier's compound. Astrid could feel the tension in his body slowly dissipating further from the palace they got. Several soldiers are at Loki’s side when he enters the compound's gate.

“Place lookouts for the Emperor’s guards at every entrance; do not allow them in. Fetch some clean, dry, modest clothes for the Princess. I also require a splint and some bandages. The Princess requires much care.” Loki orders, not missing a step. The soldiers depart, all tasked with something to bring back as Loki makes it to his building. 

Loki places Astrid gently onto his bed, careful not to disrupt her makeshift cover. “I will send for an attendant to assist you in dressing for the time until your foot is healed. It will be a local woman if that is okay?” Loki questions, kneeling before her, carefully taking her right foot in his hands, and assessing the damage. “Your foot looks quite bad, I am afraid. I will also send for the city physician to assist me. Will you be alright on your own?” 

Astrid nods, pulling the blanket beside her over her body to cover herself more. “I won’t be a moment when I return; I am intrigued to know what you did to assault the Emperor.”

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What makes them laugh?

Do they have any daily routines?

What is their love language? How do they show affection?

(thank you!)

Ahh, no thank you, bby!

•What makes them laugh?

Atom has a really stupid, crude, and dry sense of humor. She’ll always laugh at Seinfeld, (it’s her comfort show) or other shows like South Park and Mystery Science Theater 3000. She also thinks Homelander is so unintentionally funny, (he’s definitely trying to be sarcastic or rude when she thinks he’s funny.) She also thinks The Deep is unintentionally funny but mostly because he’s an idiot. (She once heard him try to pronounce Worcestershire sauce for a good five minutes and almost peed.)

�� Do they have any daily routines?

Yes! When she wakes up, she will always start her day with a cup of coffee and a good skincare regimen. It makes her feel like a person again. When she comes home, the first thing she does is play with her cat and make sure her little fur baby didn’t miss her too much before immediately taking all the extensions out of her hair, removing her makeup and getting into comfy pants. Her beauty routine that she does weekly is pretty intense too. She waxes her eyebrows and her pits before exfoliating and shaving her legs. She’ll follow it up with a nice self tanning session and tone her hair and wash her extensions. Twice a month she also bleaches and tones her roots, tints her eyebrows, does her nails and toes and reapplies her eyelash extensions. It takes HOURS.

•What’s their love language? How do they show affection?

Renee’s love language is acts of service and words of affirmation. She’ll be the first person to make you a homecooked meal and make sure your needs are met. No matter if you need a hug, or a massage, or even just a shoulder to cry on, she’ll do it. She rides hard for the people she cares about. If she likes you she’s very quick with a kind word and to build you up. Don’t get it twisted though, she can cut you down as quickly as she can build you up.

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Soul Bound

WARNING: this story contains strong language, violence, sexual themes, mentions of sensitive topics including eating disorders, self harm, abuse and possible other unpleasant topics. If any of these topics are unpleasant to you, please stop reading.

Chapter 1 - The Deal

no warnings needed.

The afternoon was dark and cold, it got dark early that day because it was the middle of winter. It was yet another tough day for a small family. It was roughly 11PM and everyone was asleep, except for one woman who was sitting alone at the dinner table. Many papers, books and binders were scattered upon it; some were bills, others were medical papers, notes, certificates and other important paperwork.

The woman let out a shaky sigh. She was beyond stressed, all day, every day. How in the hell was she expected to take care of all of this? This was absolutely torturous for her and even after asking all around for help, she just got turned away. Nobody was going to help her or her family and yet she couldn’t just do nothing. What kind of mother and wife would she be if she couldn’t keep her family afloat? Surely there was something she could do, something, anything at all!

As she sighed something caught her eye; Something amongst her piles and piles of paperwork, something that was definitely not there before. It was a dark viridian green envelope with black colored wax sealing it; it had a symbol printed on it that she didn’t recognize. She picked it up and carefully opened it. Inside was a black letter with golden print on it.

‘How odd… I’ve never seen this before…’ She thought before starting to read it. The letter had a short explanation, followed by instructions; there was no signature or any sign of who sent this letter.

“Hit the end of the road? Desperate to climb out from the bottom of the barrel? There is always a way out but are you strong enough to make that decision? Will you take your chance or will you remain, waiting for something to happen?”

Naturally, The woman got curious; She was definitely desperate for her life to get better, after all this was no way to live. She read the instructions, took in a deep breath and let out a heavy sigh. She placed the letter on the table in front of her, put her hands together and began to pray as the letter instructed. She prayed and begged.

“Please… Please help me, someone help me…” She muttered. She needed something or someone to help her and her family.

Suddenly, there was a dim light coming from a short distance away from her so she looked over. There was a ring of fire or something similar on the floor and yet it didn’t burn the wooden floorboards at all. A shadowy figure emerged from the center of the circle, the silhouette changed in many monstrous roms and shapes until it settled in a human form. The woman quickly stood up and backed away out of surprise and fear, staring with wide eyes at the figure.

The flames extinguished themselves and the figure took a step forward. It looked like a man with pale skin, short black hair and deep red eyes which had a dim glow to them. The man was roughly 6’2 and quite handsome. He wore mostly black clothes and a few hints of white and red, suiting some very fancy looking black boots which had tints of gold on them.

The woman was frozen in fear, after all it’s not every day that a mysterious man appears before your very eyes. She couldn’t find the words to speak to this stranger. He looked at her, his deep crimson eyes meeting her earthy brown ones.

“Greetings, My Lady.” He said, bowing his head a bit at her; “You called for assistance, yes? How can I be of service?” He spoke in a very proper and calm way.

She tried to gather her courage to respond, “Y-You want t-to help m-me?” she stuttered, her voice cracking. She must’ve sounded so pathetic, she thought.

The man nodded, “Yes, with a price of course; There’s always a price.” He said.

The woman looked away, “I-I don’t have any money to spare… how could I possibly-?”

“Oh, No, No! It is not money I am after, My Lady… You see, what I am after as payment would be your soul.” He replied, cutting her off.

She paused, “...M… My soul..?”

He nodded, “Yes! Your soul in exchange for you anything you desire. All you need to do is tell me your request in exchange for your soul and then sign the contract. That is all I require of you.” He explained.

The woman thought for a moment. “... Any request?” She asked which was met with a nod as response. She took a deep breath and a shaky sigh “w-well…” She teared up a bit, “you see, my family is not well off a-and… I work 3 jobs a-and I also h-have a very sick husband and m-my youngest child to take care of a-and I just… I j-just…” She sobbed a bit, covering her face in a poor attempt to hide her sadness and desperation.

The man put a hand on her shoulder, “I understand your situation, my dear… is there any specific way I can take away some of your burdens?” He asked softly.

The woman nodded “I want someone to look after the house and my child… I am barely there for them because of work and having to take care of my husband… I-I barely have the time to do chores and spend time with my kid anymore! Not to mention that my husband can barely move so he is unable to spend much time with them too… I just want someone to look after them since we can’t… I want someone to be there for them, watch them grow up, and be there for the rest of their life… Do you know what I mean?”

The man nodded, “I do and I have one thing left to say to you before I offer you the contract… You are not a bad mother, you did not fail your family, and you are very strong for requesting help, even if it’s from a demon…” He said. The woman nodded and the man handed her a contract which she signed without hesitation before he took it. “Glad to be of service, My Lady.”

Next >> chapter 2 - introductions

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