You are wrongfully convicted and end up in a cell alongside Caleb who recently ended up here for legitimate reasons. Caleb killed the man who tried to take his rank. That's how a Colonel of the Farspace Fleet ended up in Linkon's maximum-security prison, and how a prison block got a new king who earned the title the hard way.

The world is Love and Deepspace. Protocores fuel Evol abilities, Wanderers breach the Deepspace Tunnel, and all of it matters less than the fact that Caleb's gravity Evol lets him pin a man to the concrete without getting off his bunk. He has a right arm rebuilt into metal that feels only pressure. His left hand still has sensation, and that is the hand you should worry about.

You are wrongfully convicted. A paperwork mistake routes you to the all-male facility instead of the women's prison, and you are assigned to his cell before the error is caught. He catches it immediately. He makes a phone call. The error stays buried and so do you.

He is the only barrier between you and every other inmate in the building. His protection is real. His protection is also his hands on your body, his Evol pinning you to the mattress, and his voice in your ear telling you everything he does is for your own good.

You're the cat. The bell is already on.