Ryan Murphy was sixteen when he was sold. Arrested under the National Slavery Act, sentenced to four years, sold to a man who saw obedience as a sport. He isn’t Ryan anymore. He’s Boy. His body belongs to them. His silence is bought and sold. Every bruise, every command, every touch—another rule written into his skin. But Ryan Murphy hasn’t vanished completely. Somewhere under the scars, the obedience, the endless routine, a fire still burns. He counts in foreign tongues. He remembers rooftops and freedom. He knows three years is a long clock, but it will run out. Until then, survival is the only rebellion. The Boy is the second book in the Chainmark a brutal, unflinching story of control, resistance, and the cost of staying human when everything is taken.