Location: Ceremonial Pit, Deep Vault Level – Valeheart Mobile FortressTime: One Hour Before Sunrise
The chamber was silent.
A circle of glowing crimson runes marked the stone floor, pulsating like a heartbeat. Lucien stood at the center, his coat discarded, his shirt unbuttoned to his chest. He held Kaela's ceremonial collar in one hand—black dragonbone, engraved with her clan's crest… soon to be overwritten.
Kaela knelt in the circle, naked but for chains. Her bronze skin shimmered with sweat, her clawed hands trembling.
She wasn't bound anymore.
She knelt by choice.
Her wings were folded behind her, drooping slightly, her tail curled around her thigh. Her eyes, once blazing with fire, were now wide, glassy, unfocused. Her lips moved in barely audible whimpers.
"Say it," Lucien commanded.
Kaela's jaw clenched. Her tail twitched.
"I…"
She hesitated. The other four women watched from the viewing chamber—each in different states of shock, confusion, or arousal.
"I… b-belong to you…"
Lucien stepped closer.
"Say it right."
Kaela swallowed hard, the resistance breaking in her like glass under boot.
"I belong to you, Master Lucien," she whispered, her voice shaking. "Mind, body, womb… all yours."
[Submission Confirmed][Slave Crest Integration: Complete]
A burning glyph appeared just beneath her navel—a swirling, fiery mark that pulsed with every beat of her heart. She gasped, arching, her claws scraping the floor.
Lucien reached down and affixed the collar to her throat. It clicked into place like a lock sealing destiny.
From the viewing chamber, Kasumi's breath caught in her throat.
"Gods above…" Reina muttered, fists clenched.
Lucien raised Kaela's chin.
"You're not a warrior anymore. You're my pet. And I expect you to act like it."
Kaela nodded slowly.
"Yes… Master."
Later, in the Private Quarters
Kaela lay curled at Lucien's feet, her once-proud wings wrapped protectively around her body like a blanket. She didn't sleep. She just lay there, waiting for his next command.
Lucien turned toward the monitors, watching the others.
Kasumi had locked herself in her chamber. The magical feedback from Kaela's submission had disturbed her. She'd felt it in her bones.
Soon, the great MILF sorceress would challenge him.
And he already knew how she'd fall.