Aaron has served his father's crooked business for years after a youthful mistake indebted him to his father's will. Now Aaron uses his strange ability to find others with unusual traits so his father can collect them like pieces in a chess set. Demons born of Aaron's guilt consume him until he finds a way to set them free.
Working as a Domme, Phillis knows taking on Aaron is a risk. His psyche is dark and unstable, but he's also the perfect obedient sub with simple needs: give him orders and work him to the edge. But when they both conflate endorphins and emotions, their private lives mingle in a way Phillis has fought against for years to protect her vanilla mask from her flavorful persona.
As Aaron grows too attached to his Domme, it's the everyday side of Phillis that he can't get enough of, except he doesn't know how to forgive himself for what he's done, and until he can, he'll only repeat his past and curse Phillis with a fate she doesn't deserve.