I set the rules, hoping desperately she’ll break them.
At the Districts, the last government-controlled area, immoral needs are outlawed. It is what keeps the last remaining women save, protected from savage urges — the ones I’ve never experienced, suppressed by chemicals.
Until the potential collapse of our society arrives in time with Autumn, a fiery clanswoman who challenges everything I believe in. A deal and a secret later, she rouses instincts in my body I can’t control.
I want her in a way I shouldn’t. A way I’ve never explored before. She might just as well be the doom of my people.