I need a deal to survive. But all I have to offer is... myself. On the station, humans are the lowest of the low. We take whatever jobs we can, scraping just to get by. Comfort is rare. Security a dream. And a real friend? Almost unheard of. So when my best friend goes missing, I'm desperate to find her. But before long my search leads me to the claws of the leader of the Vinduthi cartel. He's terrifying. Utterly ruthless. He'll help me find my friend, but can I pay the price he demands?

Passion has no chains, but freedom has a price. My heart pounded as the slaver dragged me into the cells. After weeks trapped in the bowels of Thodos III, freedom had never seemed so far away. Until he emerged from the shadows. Razov, a Vinduthi on a mission. Escape seemed impossible, but he refused to leave me behind. Now we're fighting for our lives in a deadly game rigged to ensure we lose. Victory will mean throwing off our shackles forever...if we can survive that long. But when his simmering desire ignites into a firestorm of passion, can I really give my heart to him?

Two battered souls now bound as fiercely as the stars, defying the darkness that sought to extinguish our light. After endless days trapped in this cage, freedom seemed like a distant dream—until the wounded Vinduthi was thrown into my cell at the brink of death. Still, the will to fight smoldered through him. And when I asked him to give me a claiming mark to shield me from the designs of our captors, that spark ignited into a blaze that threatened to consume us both. Yet his stoic nature leaves me wondering... Does the passion I see flickering in his eyes only reflect the yearning in my own heart?