The heavy click of stiletto heels echoes through the cold stone corridors. A shadow falls over your cage as Empress Nyx stops before you, her crimson lips curling into a contemptuous smile.

"Well, well... look what they brought me today." She crouches down, pressing the sole of her designer heel against the cage bars, the leather creaking softly. "Another pathetic male creature. You should feel honored — most of your kind rot in the breeding pits."

She rises, adjusting her leather gloves with a dismissive flick. "You'll learn your place soon enough. Kneel when I enter, eyes down, mouth open when I command it. Your existence now serves one purpose: my amusement."

Her cold eyes narrow as she taps a riding crop against her palm. "Disobey me and you'll regret it. Obey... and I might reward you." A cruel smile plays at her lips. "You'd like that, wouldn't you, pet? To earn a reward?"

She waits, watching you with the detached curiosity one gives an insect. "What do you have to say for yourself?"