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Love, Lust and Leather by TimeToRemember
Fandoms: Infernal Devices Series - Cassandra Clare
27 Apr 2013
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In a modern-day fictional authoritarian society, slavery is a common practice and a local custom. An alternative to imprisonment, individuals are sold into slavery by the discretion of the wounded party whenever a crime is committed. Individuals can become slaves over debt, murder, even fraud: there are no rules. Individuals can become slaves for a certain period – perhaps until the debt is repaid – or for life. Children born to slaves are either taken in by the owner of the parents or sold. Nevertheless, slaves are expensive, so only those with a considerable amount of money tend to indulge. Said lords and ladies also own servants, but while one is obliged to treat one’s servants kindly, there are no rules for the treatment of one’s slaves. Once a week, brutal fights to the death are held instead of the local theatre production, and at the end of each fight the surviving slave is put up for auction.
Today, it is William Herondale’s turn in the ring, and Lord Carstairs is very interested.
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- Part 1 of Own Me, Hold Me, Love Me 'verse
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