Tragedy

"Calm Your Pet"

Myra curled on a soft white bed the chains around her small neko hurting her. Her large blue eyes inspected the wood floor, her tail twitching.
She lifted her chin as her master walked by talking on the phone. "Yes I know the sectors are angry with the Shang Palace Nation , but what can I do ? Im the secondary Leader, I have no power unless I take it to the board " He hissed into the dark phone.

Myra flattened her black ears as her master knelt and began to scratch her scalp a bit to roughly. "Yes sir" Her master Ryan grunted into the phone. Then he hung up, the tall powerful looking man had slicked back brown hair with gray eyes. His eyes were narrowed in a way that made him look constantly angry.
Ryan gazed at her with unforgiving eyes. "Make me lunch " He ordered in a deep voice, unlocking her chains.

Myra was silent as she stood and flexed her limbs and then waddled over to the kitchen. Ryan sat at the bar, observing his neko pulling herself up onto wood stools to prepare his favorite dish.

She prepared lamb chops with steamed veggies. Her fingers were red when she served in the dish with a glass of water. Her ears twitched and she sat on her small round bed, miserable.

Her master ate noisily, enjoying every bite. He had groomed her for such hard work. A knock at the door distracted him from his meal. He wiped his face and took calm elegant steps over towards the door.

Myra tilted her head with curiosity as he turned the knob and opened the wooden door to reveal a woman. She smiled at him. "Oh Ryan darling !" She wailed. The woman had almond shaped eyes and long dark silky hair, she kissed Ryan who looked frightened.
Pulling away his cheeks pink he pushed the door shut and guided her over to the leather sofa. Myra was ignored, but curled up, used to it.

Ryan sat with the woman his face pulling in a chilling smile. "Dear Eleesia how are you ?" He asked. She began to babble, talking of her days at work and long travel here.
But Myra noticed her hand slithering into his coat poked whenever they paused to kisses tenderly.
Eleesia would pull out coins and jewels that Ryan always stuffed in his pocket out of habit.

Myra felt her tail fluff, she was 16 but the size of a 5 year old. Leaping up and hissed and they paused to stare. "Quiet" Ryan said his face cold.
"But I saw her steal from-" Eleesia cut her off. "Calm your pet".
Ryan stood, storming over and scolding her on such accusations. Myra suddenly felt glad he didn't believe her. She was chained up in a dark room and sighed, this life was not one of pleasant.

For he was not her true master. In the Ruby republic furries and nekos were not allowed to live without being owned. For sex or for slavery they were to be owned.
Only the distant and less advanced Shang Palace Nation allowed such true freedom.

Myra dreamed of going there and imprinting on her true love. A guy or a girl who won her heart, for it is what was to be done.
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She woke to the light in the window blue and silver. She stood in her chains on her hind legs, mewing in frustration as she peered out the window.

Then something amazing happened, a small neko boy leaped through the window, landing with a loud hiss. "Quiet !" He hissed as she wailed. He used large clippers and unhooked her chains, the rings still hung around her neck and wrists.

Foot steps echoed loudly from the hall. Myra scrambled to understand what was happening, but then he grabbed her hand and yanked her out the window. They ran, the long glowing morning streets hiding them. They wound into town, people yelling and honking.

Until they skittered down and alley and into a small drain.

In the darkness Myra clung to her savior, her eats flat and the sound of rushing water below them. They perched on the latter, their eyes on the holes of the sewage drain.

Loud foot steps echoed, and then after the chilling moment, left. "Im Kinwa" Said the quiet voice of the boy.

Myra felt her heart flutter with the thrill. "Myra".
And then the sewer lid opened, revealing a blinding white light and a muscled hand reached in.