Adonis sat kneeling on a floor of splintered plankboard, naked and feeling cold to his metaphorical bones, despite the warm evening sun on his marble shoulders.
His body had been hand-crafted by a master-artist from the southern colonies, many decades ago, and despite the enchantments that had given him life and the ability to think, move, see and feel, his stone-cold body did not have the ability to produce its own heat. On the mainland, where temperatures were much lower than the arrid south, he was left to feel as cold as the stone he'd been carved from.
'Stand up.' A guard barked at him.
Adonis stood up.
A stranger had entered his exhibit. It was a master artist, recognisable by the metallic golden shine to their eyes and skin. This one was young, with dark skin, dark eyes, and long brilliant white hair, draping loosely over his shoulders.
The silver haired master stepped up to the now-standing Adobis, and let his hands slide across Adonis' cool, marble chest.
Adonis closed his eyes, and pushed away the ever present feelings of discomfort and humiliation. Instead, he chose to focus on the warmth of the stranger's touch, absorbing whatever body heat he could get out of it.
The master pressed closer. He was half a head shorter than Adonis, and Adonis could feel the man's breath in his neck.
He shivered.
'Are you cold?'
Adonis bowed his head in a meek nod.
'You're cute.'
The master knelt down before him, inspecting the small sculptural genitals between his legs.
'Very cute.'
The master looked over his shoulder to the tradesman, who had walked up to them while the master-artist had inspected his body. 'This is the one we talked about?'
The tradesman answered with a short nod of his head.
The shine in the master's eyes grew brighter, and he reached out probe Adonis' rockhard, but flaccidly shaped manhood. He then grabbed his balls, and squeezed firmly. Adonis twitched at the sudden groping, but otherwise tried not to show any reaction.
'They informed me about your creation.' The Master whispered. He was so close now that Adonis could smell the perfume on his skin. 'You can't speak, you can't get an erection. But you can cum, can't you?'
Adonis swallowed nervously. He could cum, sort of, but it was extremely difficult, and far from satisfactory. It always left him painfully horny and frustrated afterwards. During his previous service, he'd often hoped his next owner wouldn't find too much pleasure in tormenting him with it.
The master bent down and squeezed again, but this time, Adonis gave no reaction, not even the slightest twitch. It didn't seem to matter though. The master-artist looked pleased with himself as he stood up again and inspected Adonis' face.
'You know what, we will save your performance for tonight.' He then directed himself to the tradesman, who still stood to watch them from the side. 'It's a deal!'
Adonis bowed his head, and quietly waited for the tradesman to come over and accept the five gold tokens of payment that he was on sale for. In return for the tokens, the tradesman held up his wrist, showing the small branding symbol of his creator, matching the one magically branded into his own forehead.
The tradesman took out a small transferrance pendant, and used it to transferred the white seal of ownership from his own wrist to the wrist of the master-artist.
Once the seal was complete, the silver haired man smiled and rubbed the fresh mark on his wrist. Another shiver went through Adonis' body.
'Hold up your hand.'
Without the ability to disobey any of his new master's wishes, he offered the man his hand, so that he could attach a thin fairy chain around his wrist. The thin silvery fibers were mostly for show, as the magical seal of ownership would prevent Adonis from ever disobeying or escaping his new owner.
After leaving the market, the master led him straight through the city. Eyes turned, he could hear the people talking, and Adonis stared at the street to avoid the lustfull eyes of the masters and master-servants around them.
Finally they arrived by a tall merchants house, narrowly squeezed in between two other buildings in the middle of the city center.
His owner knocked on the door, and a short young woman with curly brown hair and pale white skin opened the door. She was dressed in an odd shapeless rag that covering everything but her face. But despite her conveiling clothes, Adonis could see that the woman was very thin, almost dangerously so.
The woman smiled softly at him, but her eyes looked sad when she watched him. Was that meant for him? He didn't like it when people gave him sympathy.
'Pixie, this is Adonis. Adonis, Pixie.'
A slave name? No, she bore no mark on her forehead. Despite the name, the woman must be a master servant, or even a master herself.
Adonis bowed his head, just to be sure.
'Isn't he perfect?' His owner said.
He shoved Adonis over the doorstep and handed the fairy chain over to the woman named Pixie, who took the end hesitantly in her frail hands.
'Foughya hadedem mackets?' Adonis had to mask his surprise. The thick eastern accent didn't match her appearance at all.
'But look at this one. They don't make them like this one anymore. Adonis, dear, cum for us.'
Adonis glanced up. Had he understood correctly? His owner looked serious.
'Do I have to repeat myself?'