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Xavier listened to the sound of men talking from down the hall, his head laying against the wall with his hands tied behind his back. His long black hair hid his face and his body was naked except the chains holding his hands together with a chain connected to a steel curved piece of metal walked to the floor. He knew why he was brought back to the society dungeon. He had once again been left here by his master, like all the other masters he had been given to, and was now going to be shown to yet another master that will lose patience with him and leave him.

A man in a scarlet robe came to his cell and unlocked the cage door, entering the cell with a black human-like mask on his face. He pulled Xavier to his feet while another man in the same clothing unhooked his chain and they both walked Xavier down the hall and around a corner, down another hall and finally past some silk curtains. He knew this place all too well, the cat walk stage, the thousands of tables and booths with chairs on both floors of the showroom, the second floor having balconies where people could watch what happened on the stage. This is where he was first auctioned off at age 16.

Today, all of the chairs were on the tables upside down except one, nearest the stage, where a young man was sitting and drinking some wine from a glass. Xavier couldn't help but stare as he walked over to where the man was sitting.