Unholy Matrimony
Low, amber strips that glow along the floorboards, creating a mood of heavy, golden anticipation.
I walk to the back cabinet. It’s lacquered black wood, imposing and silent. I open it.
Inside, coiled like sleeping snakes, are hanks of jute rope. They aren't the soft silk sashes we used before. These are raw, treated hemp. They smell of earth and oil. They have texture. They bite.
Next to them sits a case lined in velvet. I open it.
The Violet Wand.
It’s an electro-stimulation device. A sleek, black handle with a glass electrode attachment shaped like a mushroom. It looks scientific, almost clinical, until you press the button and see the purple plasma arc crackle inside the glass.
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