Who is Ebert Skyden?
A talented scientist? A madman? What secret is he hiding?
And above all—how to take revenge on the men who trampled her life?
Alice Blaine considered herself a happy girl—a wonderful job, a beloved person, a wedding soon. Everything changes in an instant when her fiancé hands her over as payment for a debt. She faces a choice: stay in a brothel or agree to a strange contract that will bind her to an extravagant stranger for half a year.