Keith Chambers gets everything he wants, without question. So when he longs for a friend, it comes as no surprise to him that he gets just that - only in the form of a human pet. Meredith is struggling to survive. Her Master beats her, the maids humiliate her, and she has no one she can trust. She used to think she had Keith, but even he grew bored of her. Toys can get passed down. And maybe she'll find an owner that loves her. #15 in Horror Prequel to The Skeleton Boy; You do not have to read The Skeleton Boy to understand and enjoy.

Nightingale is human - or would be, had it not been for the manner of her creation. Genetically engineered and grown to adulthood in a lab, she was created, not born. Why? For the sole purpose of the entertainment of rich men as one of the many Inamoratas in the bordello business . Beautiful, elegant, a superb dancer and an even better singer, she is the perfect lover for any man. Perfect, that is, except for her personality - the one thing you can't engineer.