Branded Possession

The Mekkers want humans, to sell them, to keep them as toys, to drain them of blood for Factor H, a nutrient they need to survive.
Humans are precious on Aerthe.
Except for Gio. Gio killed the portal maker. Now she is to be broken by Ryke, the King's Own Lawgiver, a hooded, scarred man who kills people as if they were insects underfoot.
She will pay for her sins with her body, spill her secrets, and sob out her misery on Ryke's spears.
The man has his ways and no one has ever escaped be...