Under His Heel series
Dark, toxic M/M romance
Petty con artist Alex gets in over his head when he decides to sell his body to clear his debt. He thinks it’ll be an easy way to scam another person out of money… but spaceship captain Tracht is a sadist with creative ways of punishing those who cross him.
This is pure Stockholm syndrome. Please read the content notes as it is not a healthy romance. Dubious consent as well as noncon abound.
Nobody ever said Alex was smart, but incurring a huge debt might have been the worst decision he’s made in his life. Still, the space station has a bondservant system: Sell your body for a little while, and some other poor schmuck pays off the debt.
Alex figures it’ll be an easy five years when Captain Tracht takes on his contract.
Except beneath that calm, controlled demeanor is a sadist, and Tracht delights in humiliating Alex at every turn. Alex is trapped, and the only way through this is to give Tracht what he wants.
The manipulation, pain, tears, and torture will break Alex—unless he starts to enjoy it. Unless he bends to Tracht’s will, and forgets about getting out of this at all.
Because no matter how hard Alex struggles, Tracht always gets what he wants.
During what should have been a boring family affair, Alex is kidnapped while trying to protect Tracht’s nephew. With Tracht’s sister concentrating on getting her son back, nobody is thinking about Alex—except Tracht, who will stop at nothing to get him back.
Agreeing to transport goods for a notorious crime syndicate isn’t the best choice Tracht had ever made, but reneging on that deal could have dire consequences for him. When it all goes sour, it’s up to Alex to pull Tracht out of the fire.
Alex’s five-year contract with Tracht is almost up, and neither of them is sure how things will proceed from here. Without the constraints of the contract, Alex is technically free to do whatever he wants. There’s nothing forcing him to stay with Tracht, or forcing Tracht to keep him.
They’re in a holding pattern, until they’re both pulled into a corruption trial that forces them to face a few ugly truths about Tracht’s past and what it means for their relationship.
Can their relationship survive when they’re no longer legally bound to each other?
Under His… Shorts is a collection of short stories set in the Under His Heel universe, both pre-Under His Heel and post Under His Skin. See how Alex got his scar, and why Tracht decided on Alex as his new bondservant; the first time Alex met Tracht’s mother, and even their first vacation after Alex’s contract ends.
There are 60,000 words worth of content for Alex and Tracht, varying in both light and dark tones.