The Alter

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>I'm a girl who plays and a girl who kills...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I belong to the city to the Tower to the faceless nameless man who gives me and the other alters a safe haven in exchange for our work. It's our job to deliver rewards and punishments to men willing to gamble ready to risk it all...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>We play angel serving the fantasies of the winning players.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>We play demon torturing those who lose before ending their lives.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The work of an alter is messy but it's a privilege to have the job because living here is dangerous... Ten years ago the entire city was taken hostage locked down by the Savage Syndicate and they've ruled our lives with violence ever since.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>No one can leave. Rations are limited. It's not safe on the streets... especially for women.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But the Tower is untouchable and alters are protected. I'm safe as long as I do my job for the man who owns us. And I do my job for him but I also did something stupid that landed me on my knees at his feet... the view down here isn't so bad though.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I never expected to find something more than survival from this cruel existence but the way this man wants to punish me makes me high from the attention.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Yeah I could fall for a man like him.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>I just hope he doesn't kill me before I do.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>AUTHOR NOTE:</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> This dark romance story involves many triggering elements which may be upsetting for some readers. A complete list of tropes and triggers can be found on the author's website.</span></p>