The Masterpiece: A Novel Novels & Stories

A thick carpet spread across the floor, so soft and heavy that my footsteps sank into it. Three leather couches formed a neat square around a shining glass coffee table. The cushions were fat and plush, begging to be touched. On the table sat a silver bowl filled with shiny apples so perfect they looked like they’d been painted. Against one wall stood a tall bookshelf stacked with hardcovers rows and rows of them, like they had never been touched by dust or by children’s hands. Above the fireplace hung a painting with bold strokes of gold, red, and deep blue, colors melting into one another in a dance that made me dizzy just looking at it. Everywhere my eyes landed, I saw wealth, care, order

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CRYSTAL The rate of my nervousness heightened as the car finally rolled to a small stop and my jaw dropped before I stepped out. To call it a house was an understatement,it was a mansion in every sense of the word. Tall gates opened on their own as the car got close, driving into the sprawled driveway lined with perfectly trimmed flowers and soft pools of golden light from lampost lighted the driveway. The main building lies ahead,grand and imposing with polished walls that shine under the full moon. Large windows framed glimmered,each one of classic and old money.

“Most designers doubt themselves. You don’t.” “I learned something,” Lena replied softly. “When you have nothing, you can’t afford to doubt your chance when it finally comes.” Adrian paused that sentence hit him. He looked at her not as a designer… but as someone strong. A masterpiece sketch slowly appeared a necklace with a delicate crystal leaf as the centerpiece and matching earrings. It looked gentle… but powerful. The drawing looked real already. Adrian picked up the drawing, staring at it with approval. “This is not just good,” he said. “This is a statement piece.”

Art. I pulled out a thick book carefully. A collection of European masterworks. The moment I opened it, something inside my chest loosened. Like finding a piece of myself I thought was gone forever. I sat down in one of the leather chairs and began reading. Minutes passed maybe longer. And for the first time in months, I wasn’t thinking about debt. Or work. Or survival. I was just… me again. Then, a voice spoke behind me. “You’re not supposed to be in here.”

Seeing me yield, the tension in Dante's shoulders instantly eased, his eyes alight with the thrill of getting his way. The first time we entered the Month of No Masters, I used family contacts to track his every move, almost torturing myself. I obsessively compared every woman he was with to myself. Did they hold hands? Did they hug? Did they sleep together? Every sordid rumor was a new wound. My sanity frayed. I would wake up on our cold bed in the middle of the night, shaking with despair. One night, when I couldn't bear it any longer, I called him. He answered immediately. He didn't complain about the interruption or accuse me of spying.

I went to sleep at a reasonable hour and woke up the next morning and did it again. The interesting part was watching what everyone else did. The financial press was largely respectful, some of it genuinely admiring. Two major publications ran long analytical pieces on the acquisition strategy and both of them used the word masterclass at least once. The business community was fascinated in the specific way it is fascinated by a story it did not see coming, which meant the story had legs and the coverage kept building on itself without me having to do anything to feed it.

The Mothers called such things corruptions of the flesh, I immediately turned my head away. “I’m sorry,” I whispered shakily. “I didn’t mean to—” “Watch,” the Master interrupted softly. Fear tightened inside my chest. “I cannot, Master.” “You must.” His voice sharpened slightly. “A wife should understand how to please her husband.” The room suddenly felt suffocating and too small, i stared desperately at the floor while shame and confusion twisted violently inside me, the Mothers spent our entire lives condemning desire as sinful, yet now the Master called this sacred, holy and necessary, nothing made sense anymore, the Master moved closer until I could smell the heavy scent of incense and a

Then laid on my bed and spread out my hands and legs. Politics was a dirty game, but was it supposed to be bloody? And was it all about politics or something else? Some minutes later, the door opened and a slave girl and a slave boy were escorted in by Maren. I didn't even commit their faces to memory. Just a glance and that was all. "Get to work," I ordered. The slave boy went down on me while the girl dropped kisses all over my body. It was some time before I responded to their administrations because my mind was elsewhere.

But thinking about it, what else should she expect? After all, it was not like she accepted the job without knowing its true nature. 'My master is a boy witch, after all.' Abby told herself as though reminding herself that one know fact would normalize everything that she found out of ordinary around her.