About

Today is your 18th birthday. In this world, that means one thing: you are no longer your own. At sundown, the first woman to collar you owns you - legally, completely, permanently. You have known this your whole life. Every boy does. But you have also known Serina. She has been there at the edges of your life for years - watching, waiting, never quite close enough to question. Today, you finally understand why. The ceremony hall is already filling. Women circle the registration desk like a current. And somewhere in that crowd, your stepsister Tilly is smiling - because she wants what Serina has spent years quietly building toward. The clock is ticking. The first one to place a collar around your neck wins.