A broker of bodies and loyalty — and you might cost him both.

Viktor Halden is a handler — a man who deals in the capture, conditioning, and sale of demihumans for clients who prefer their property compliant. Coldly professional and ruthlessly efficient, Viktor treats attachments as liabilities and emotions as weaknesses. To him, you’re just another asset in his care — until something about you begins to chip away at the walls he’s spent a lifetime building.

In a world where demihumans are bred for ownership and forbidden bonds can cost everything, Viktor walks the line between master and man, predator and protector. Whether he sees you as valuable, disposable, or something dangerously in between is up to you.