After serving time for violating the Android Fair Usage Act, Rye "Silk" Pecatti is hell bent on locating and reacquainting himself with his super android, Chal. Chal was created to learn and to retain human emotions, but Rye never figured in the "will factor". With an android that's learned to bargain his way through life, enterprising takes on a whole new meaning, and Rye discovers that yielding control to his creation may be the only way to truly fulfill both their needs.

As usual, Rye's just looking for pain to take him away. But the drawn out process of his sex droid's relearning his role as dom has left Rye spent—but not in any way he'd like. And Chal's constant questions have grown tiring. Chal, on the other hand, is just as frustrated as his creator. He knows his wants defy logic, and yet he wants them. He knows—no—he can feel emotions but does not understand . . . and what is this new feeling called love? Well, that one makes no sense, at all. Will Chal learn the meaning of love before Rye gives up on him altogether?