Some choices are made with the heart. Others are made in the dark. Ter Kasem has always lived a quiet life, surrounded by art, university lectures, and the small circle of people he trusts. But somewhere beyond the safe little world he knows, a powerful man has already decided that Ter belongs in his. He doesn't know his name. He doesn't know his face. He only knows the whispers surrounding him: ruthless, untouchable, and dangerous enough to make entire empires bow. Then the gifts begin. Expensive Mysterious Unmistakably personal And whoever is sending them knows Ter far better than they should. Because some obsessions don't begin with a touch. They begin with a choice. And the devil has already chosen him. 🖤