When 15 year Lux is suddenly kidnapped from her home in New York and forced to be the baby of 2 mysterious men, she doesn't know what to do.
Things get even more weird when they introduce her to her 'older brother'. How will Lux adapt to all of thi...
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7th of October, 2022 - Brooklyn, NYC
Having grown up in New York City, 15 year old Lux was used to the busy and chaotic atmosphere which the city had to offer. Today was no different. Lux had gotten out of school just after noon as it was a Friday and school always ended at 1.30pm on a Friday instead of the usual 3pm finish. She never liked it, always left to wander the streets alone, waiting for her mother to finish work—or at least care enough to lend her the key. Lux didn't have her own to their small two-bedroom apartment.
Lux's home-life wasn't brilliant but it wasn't awful either. Her father had left a few months after she was born claiming that Lux was 'no child of his' leaving her with just her mother. Lux's mom, Jade, wasn't necessarily a bad mom. Not in Lux's eyes at least. Yes, she could be irresponsible at times and feel like more of a friend than a mother but Lux really thought she was trying.
But that's just who Lux was as a person. She was a genuinely sweet girl and always tried her best to see the good in people. Even if they didn't treat her amazingly.
Jade worked long hours at a small tattoo parlour in a slightly more run down area of Brooklyn, often leaving Lux to fend for herself when it came to basic things like meals and getting to school on time. Despite her independence, Lux couldn't help but feel the sting of loneliness in the empty apartment. Her mother's passion for art and ink was inspiring, but it came at a cost; Jade was constantly stretched thin, juggling work and her own dreams, while Lux learned to navigate her world mostly on her own.
There was also a little issue with boyfriends. Jade seemed to have a never ending flow of strange and older men constantly trickling through the apartment. Some were admittedly nicer than others, even going so far as to pick Lux up from school when the traffic wasn't too bad, but they never lasted long. And for every 1 semi-decent man, it felt like there were at least 10 weirdos in-between.
Lux continued to walk. It was colder now that it was October and the air had a noticeable chill to it leaving the small girl shivering slightly. She had grown out of her old coat and her mother hadn't bothered to buy her a new one yet.
She comes to a stop outside the run-down tattoo parlour, taking a seat on the steps outside. She wasn't allowed in. 18+ only. Now it was just a matter of waiting, as it was every day after school - especially on Fridays.
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The two husbands, Vincent and Sebastian, sat in their sleek blacked out car, watching the small girl as she sat quietly on the steps outside the tattoo parlour. They had been watching Lux, studying and analysing her for a few months now and it was safe to say that they knew almost every detail about her. They knew where she went to school, where she lived, they knew about her mom and the steady flow of men in and out of Lux's life and how her dad had left when she was just a few months old. . They had even hired a private investigator at one point, to dig up any 'deeper' and 'harder-to-find' information on her.
