Ailyn has been chosen whether she wanted it or not. Now a prize of initiation presented to all females who come of age. Their society built upon the suffering of others, with only the strong able to survive. The weak left to die. Everything Ailyn does is monitored. Her life covered in chains that proves freedom is but a light she may never reach. Trying to fit in is even harder for one that is considered the 'weakest' and her chance of survival dwindles. Keiren was raised in their society. Duty, law, and responsibility the only things he has ever been concerned about. That was until Ailyn. She is a claim he won for himself and why the decision it had to be her is a mystery. He won't let her escape. Her chains are bound by unyielding hands. The dark secrets Keiren keeps are suffocating, a pure nightmare... but not without reason. If the truth is to somehow be revealed there is no stopping the damage it will surely bring for them both. Captured.