Alexis stares at the beautiful white house with trepidation, hands holding tight to the chains connected to the manacles around his wrists. His last owners had been terrible, so what made him think that this would be any better? No, he learned three houses ago that there was no such thing as “better,” only a different kind of terrible. His only hope is that they feed him and let him keep his clothes on.
Taken into the house through the servant’s entrance, he and the other two new purchases are quickly stripped and cleaned. They’re given new clothes and told that they are gifts for the new lady of the house. Which is exactly why they are sent to stand and wait in the hallway outside her chambers. To be properly inspected by her and given their duties.