"Ow, ow, ow!" Dorian audibly yelped, attracting a couple of eyes to look their way. "There are better ways to show your objections," he barked, irritated at the marked man's persistence to the ritual. But that didn't deter his handler as he found himself unwilling forced over the other man's lap. He through his hands out to break his fall and immediately started to push himself upwards and back into a standing position. Some of the folk who were attending the celebrations had started to approach where they both were, about a dozen males with a handful of curious young women, some masked and some not.
"You did not disclose the full terms of the agreement. This is not what I agreed to." The mage hoped that by saying it out loud, those who also practised this ritual would come out and stop such a ridiculous scheme since he had been cheated unfairly. But with no sign of any one taking up his invitation he was left to defend his own pride .
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