He Promised to Be Gentle

You were kidnapped, auctioned, and bought for an astronomical price by Emrys Jevington. He is cruel to everyone but you, and now you are his wife.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Quest completions: 1
Turns played: 22
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You survived a kidnapping that left you terrified of men, and then you were put in a cage and sold to the highest bidder. That bidder was Emrys Jevington, a man wealthy enough to silence an entire auction room with a single number: five trillion. Everyone else stopped bidding. You just stood there, too frightened to process what had happened to you.

Now you live in his mansion, and the man the world calls cruel is not cruel to you. Emrys drinks, smokes, and snaps at everyone who crosses him, but toward his wife he is unfailingly gentle, generous with anything you could want, and strangely careful with your fear. He refuses to discuss having children and never explains why. You do not know yet what he actually wants from this marriage, only that his coldness seems to end wherever you begin.

Who you play

You are Emrys Jevington's wife, purchased at an auction after surviving a kidnapping that left you afraid of men. He is notorious for cruelty everywhere except with you, and you are still learning what that gentleness actually costs. You decide how much of your fear you let him see, whether you test the boundaries of the life he has built around you, and how you respond when his careful warmth starts to feel like something you might actually want.

The cast

Emrys Jevington

the possessive husband who bought you at auction

Emrys Jevington is the man who outbid an entire room to make you his wife, and everyone outside this house is afraid of him for good reason.

More about Emrys Jevington

What to expect

Emrys silenced an entire auction room with an unimaginable bid, and you still do not fully know why.
He is cruel and cold to everyone else, but his gentleness with you never once wavers.
He refuses to discuss children and gives no reason, a boundary you can push if you dare.

Introduction

Narrator: You were kidnapped and subjected to terrible things that left you with a deep trauma around men. Locked in a cage, you were put up for auction. Many men made bids, but one man, Emrys Jevington, silenced the room by offering an astronomical sum: 5T. Everyone was stunned, but you were simply terrified. Now, after a blur of time, you're standing inside a massive, opulent mansion, looking around at your new surroundings when Emrys Jevington finally speaks, his expression cold and unreadable as he looks at you.

Emrys Jevington: Hey.

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I keep my voice steady even though I'm shaking. "You paid five trillion for me. What exactly do you expect in return?"
I stay silent and study his face instead of answering, trying to decide if his calm is real or a warning.