A 90-minute short read where obsession becomes possession and desire knows no boundaries. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s already mine. I’ve been waiting for her. Watching her. Thora Valen doesn’t belong in this broken world, but the system doesn’t care. Her debt sealed her fate, and now she’s prey in the Atonement Lottery—a deadly game where debtors are hunted for sport. But Thora isn’t like the others. She’s fire and defiancé, a fighter who doesn’t break. The system might call her prey, but to me, she’s a prize. I’ll keep her alive. I’ll protect her from the others. But only because I want to be the one to break her. She can run. She can fight. But in the end, she’ll be mine. This dark romance novella tackles unconventional and potentially triggering themes. Readers are encouraged to review the content warnings in the content note before reading.