Sold. Used. Broken.
Until him.

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London, 2095. The world drowned. The system broke. And people became property.
Enslaved and microchipped, Alexander Lytton survived by creating the perfect mask: blank, obedient, invisible. Behind it, he was safe. One slip, and he was dead.
Until his master is murdered, and Alex becomes the prime suspect.
Detective Josiah Raine hasn’t touched another man since his husband’s brutal murder seven years ago. He’s a ghost investigating ghosts, running on empty, barely holding himself together.
His job: prove the beautiful, sharp-witted suspect guilty.
The problem? He isn’t sure Alex did it. And when Josiah cracks Alex’s mask wide open, he finds something far more dangerous—the man Alex buried to survive.
In Alex’s arms, Josiah remembers what it feels like to be human. But Alex isn’t his to love. He’s evidence. Property. Forbidden.And the secrets Alex is hiding could destroy them both.

He thought he knew everything about his husband’s murder. He was wrong.

Seven years ago, Detective Josiah Raine watched his husband die. He was there that blood-soaked night. He knows what happened. The murderer is dead. The case is closed.
Until now.
A devastating revelation drags Josiah back into the darkness he’s fought desperately to escape—and forces him to confront the truth about that night. What he uncovers will shatter everything he thought he knew.
Meanwhile, Alexander Lytton has become a pawn in his captor’s hands. Stripped of his freedom and forced into prostitution in Ghost Eye City, he clings to the memory of who he once was.
London, 2095. In a drowned world where servants are property, Josiah’s relentless pursuit of justice collides with Alex’s desperate fight for survival.
In the wreckage of their broken lives, an unexpected connection forms—fragile, fierce, and impossible to deny.
But as the two men grow closer, the consequences of two nights of violence, years ago, are about to converge.And when they do, nothing will ever be the same. 

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Alex Lytton has waited seven years for justice. Now, just as he stands on the precipice of achieving it, he must choose: complete the mission that has consumed his life or flee with the man who has captured his heart.
To survive Ghost Eye City, Alex must convince his most dangerous enemy he’s no threat—by surrendering willingly to his demands. It’s a deadly game, and one wrong move will destroy everything.
Meanwhile, Josiah Raine vows to protect Alex at any cost. But as he works tirelessly to bring two killers to justice, a shadow from Alex’s past emerges—one that threatens to tear them apart before they’ve even begun.
With time running out, the truth leads them to the cold grey waters of a lost zone, where a long-submerged secret holds the key to their future.

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Josiah is facing the ultimate showdown against his powerful enemy. If he fails, he’ll lose both Alex and his freedom. But winning might cost him even more. 
To catch a killer, Josiah must return to the one place he swore he’d never go again—home. There, buried in the Quarterlands, lies the key to solving Elliot Dacre’s murder.
Meanwhile, Alex surrenders to his captor’s desires, playing a deadly game of deception. But as the charade corrodes his sanity, the line between performance and reality begins to blur.
When Josiah’s relentless investigation finally uncovers the devastating secret Alex has hidden from everyone, it forces an explosive confrontation that will change their relationship forever.
In this shattering finale, the past demands its reckoning. Can two broken men build a future on a foundation of lies? Or will the truth destroy everything they’ve fought for?