Static Vows

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In the rain-slicked underbelly of Neo-Kyoto, Kaelen Voss operates a clandestine clinic, a haven for those too dangerous or too broken for official care. Her most valuable, and perilous, patient is 'The Apex' – a legendary corporate enforcer, reduced to a comatose husk after a spectacular fall two years prior. Kaelen’s only prayer: that he remains inert, a lucrative, silent secret. His past is a blood-soaked whisper, tied to the corporate wars that scarred the city, and Kaelen knows his awakening means her certain death. Then, against every medical probability, his optics flicker to life. Amnesiac, primal, and radiating a dormant, lethal energy, 'The Apex' is a living weapon without a master. Driven by a desperate impulse for survival, Kaelen spins a desperate lie, binding him with fabricated memories and a fabricated identity: "You are my bonded partner, my Unit 7. And I am Kae, your keeper." What began as a desperate deception morphs into a perilous dance of survival, desire, and unearthing a past far deadlier than Kaelen ever imagined.