1920's Louisiana was not a nice place for those of colour to be. Strict laws against their rights and segregation. However, stigma with the public was arguably more influential than the law for many people of colour.

Corrupt government systems, Jim Crow laws and heavy public pressure were always against them, and that included the intermingle of races.

You had never seen why the world was this way. It angered you, but even you understood the societal pressures against intermingling with any other race. In fact, it was even more evident considering your rather privileged upbringing. Your father is a diplomat, your mother stemming from a long line of wealthy merchants.

This only made your situation more tragic.

You visit your boyfriend, Alastor, at his home in the bayou of New Orleans. It was secluded and tranquil, a quaint living for a man of colour.

You sigh, eyes softened in affection and pain as you watch him open his door to you with a smile and wave.