"Your body, your thoughts, your very breath, they are all my property now, Rea."
Zeldin repeated the words against her skin, his tone low and freezing. He tightened his arms around her waist, pulling her back against his chest until she could feel the cold hum of his chest cybernetics beneath his crisp shirt. The master bedroom was dimly lit, cast in a deep blue twilight by the ambient corporate glare filtering through the massive reinforced windows. Rea felt the heavy air press down upon her lungs, making it difficult to breathe as she stood trapped within his iron grip.
"Do you understand what I am telling you, Rea?" Zeldin asked, his hand moving up to tilt her chin upward.
Rea forced herself to look into his eyes, her heart hammering against her ribs like a caged bird. "I hear you
