The New Normal

Aliana · 06-23-2021, 11:15 PM

Chimera wordlessly beckoned her to follow him, and as she had been raised to do, Ali dutifully fell into rank just behind him, slightly behind his left hip. She kept her head lowered and tail tucked partway between her legs, an instinctive sign of submission. The fact that Chimera didn't seem to care for or want her wasn't lost on her, but she didn't let that discourage her. It didn't matter whether he regarded her or not, she was born and raised and bought for a purpose and she would fill the role as was expected of her. Still, it did confuse her a little. When she had been held by the slavers, brutes would salivate over her looks to the point where the cell had become as much for her protection as to keep her in. Chimera didn't even want to give her the time of day. He didn't behave like the other men that had perused the slave market day after day. But whether that was a blessing or a curse had yet to be determined.

Ali followed him silently into the expansive den, blinking aquamarine eyes a few times to help her vision adjust to the dimmer light inside. She peered around the main chamber, getting a general lay of everything, then followed his pointing paw to a side chamber. Her sleeping space, he explained, with his dogs. The room seemed small and it would definitely be a squish, but it still didn't seem any worse than a large empty cell with a cold stone floor. Chimera listed off his expectations and demands of her. Obedient, respectful, quiet. She would need to anticipate his needs and be prepared. She would have to give herself to his every whim and desire. His passing threat that she would suffer less by following these rules sent a chill of worry through her system. Suddenly the soft and gentle Chimera she had seen down on the beach was long gone and she was seeing a whole new side of him, like the two contrasting sides of his black and white fur.

She watched him while he drank, learning the places of the bowls and the contents of each. If she was to stay ahead of his needs, she would need to know his routines and what was normal in his life so she could fit in seamlessly. He continued, bringing up the one hard warning she had received from Dalila. Viper. Was she Chimera's mate? She supposed she'd learn in time, but if she was someone to watch out for and serve, then she had to be someone close and important to her master.

Chimera turned to face her and Aliana went alert, catching sight of his mismatched eyes for a split second while she turned her gaze down to his chest so as not to challenge him, but it had been enough for her to notice the milky haze over his right eye. Chimera was half blind. The reddish-pink left iris was his window into the world. She made a mental note to remain on his left side when she could.

He asked if she had any questions and Ali shook her head. "No, sir," she answered, speaking to Chimera for the first time in her mellifluent voice. Already she was feeling anxious to get started on whatever he wanted done first. The last thing she wanted to do was provoke the ire of the hulking brute on her first day in his ownership.

"Aliana"

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