Length3h 30m
About this audiobook
Ren was hired to steal an asset from a buried corporate black-site.
He expected security grids, locked doors, and a clean payout. Instead, the vault seals behind him, the lights die, and something ancient wakes in the dark. Vaclovas is not a weapon. He is the thing the facility was built to contain: massive, territorial, and made of shadow, hunger, and brutal restraint. He should kill the thief who broke into his cage. Instead, he scents Ren’s fear, wraps him in living darkness, and decides to keep him.
Getting out means surviving automated defenses, poisoned corridors, flooded sublevels, and the handler who never meant for Ren to leave alive. Ren can break the systems. Vaclovas can break everything else. The deeper they fight through the facility, the harder it becomes for Ren to pretend he only wants freedom. Because the monster in the dark does not treat him like a tool, a pawn, or a disposable thief.
Vaclovas treats him like treasure.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (85)
Includes Goodreads
GenreRomance, Science Fiction
Length3 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
100.Opening Credits
13Chapter Twelve
2Chapter One
14Chapter Thirteen
3Chapter Two
15Chapter Fourteen
4Chapter Three
16Chapter Fifteen
5Chapter Four
17Chapter Sixteen
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6Chapter Five
18Chapter Seventeen
7Chapter Six
19Chapter Eighteen
8Chapter Seven
20Chapter Nineteen
9Chapter Eight
21Chapter Twenty
10Chapter Nine
22About the Author
11Chapter Ten
2399. Ending Credits
12Chapter Eleven
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