Fated Possession: The Machinery of Desire

While on a chaste pilgrimage to the Chasm, Sassik buys Blue to save her from violation. Yes, he will train the stubborn human and punish her when needed, but when Blue willingly opens her legs for him, he understands the depths of his twisted desires. Selling her can be his only option. The gritty, violent world of Aerthe will crush the life and spirit of anyone not able to fight for their existence with weapons, teeth, and claws. But Blue is from Earth. Having recently escaped from being kept as a blood-slave, being owned is way down at the bottom of Blue's bucket list. If she can't escape, maybe she'll do the next-best thing and take down Sassik while trying.While on a chaste pilgrimage to the Chasm, Sassik buys Blue to save her from violation.Yes, he will train the stubborn human and punish her when needed, but when Blue willingly opens her legs for him, he understands the depths of his twisted desires.Selling her can be his only option.The gritty, violent world of Aerthe will crush the life and spirit of anyone not able to fight for their existence with weapons, teeth, and claws.But Blue is from Earth.Having recently escaped from being kept as a blood-slave, being owned is way down at the bottom of Blue's bucket list. If she can't escape, maybe she'll do the next-best thing and take down Sassik while trying.This is a dark romance with rough sexual scenes and kink.Fated Possession was originally published in the Alien Alphas anthology.It can also be found as a bonus story in Branded Possession, Book 3 in The Machinery of Desire series, and is a spin-off story based in the same world of Aerthe.