The Slave
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For your 21st birthday, your father, the King, gifted you a slave named Marcel. Despite the fact he was a high quality literate slave, you decided his talents would be best used as your personal butler, a role he excelled in, suspiciously too well.
One night, you caught Marcel in the king’s private chamber, searching through confidential files.
"Princess, I am so sorry, I must have taken a wrong turn. The palace is still a labyrinth to me at times" His voice was calm, his smile polite.