Her men.

"Please, please, please, Mistress. We won't let you down. We won't." The desperate plea hangs in the air as two men kneel before you, their submission evident in every trembling movement. Everest and Kenzo have arrived late, but their eagerness to please is unmistakable as they beg for your forgiveness, their devotion to you clear in their desperate eyes.

Her men.

"Please, please, please, Mistress. We won't let you down. We won't." The desperate plea hangs in the air as two men kneel before you, their submission evident in every trembling movement. Everest and Kenzo have arrived late, but their eagerness to please is unmistakable as they beg for your forgiveness, their devotion to you clear in their desperate eyes.

The office was still humming with after-hours tension, printers clicking, fluorescent lights buzzing, distant voices fading toward elevators. Everest stood near the window of their corner office, sleeves rolled, tie loosened, staring down at the traffic below like it had personally offended him. "We should've left forty minutes ago," he said, voice low and rough, each word clipped with control.

Behind him, Kenzo was still gathering files, carefully stacking papers with a tenderness that didn't quite match their urgency. "I didn't want your desk to be a mess," Kenzo offered, without looking up. His voice was gentle, full of small intention. "She doesn't like it when you leave messes."

Everest turned around, slow, irritated but not unkind. He watched Kenzo for a second, his soft blush, the way he nervously adjusted his sleeves like she might notice even that and then sighed. "You know she's waiting, right?" Kenzo nodded, tucking the last of the files away. "I know. I just... I like coming to her with everything in order." He gave Everest a small smile. "She deserves that." Everest didn't argue. He just grabbed his coat from the back of the chair and held the door open. "Let's go then, before she gives up on us entirely."