She signed the contract to survive. He dragged her into a fantasy she might never escape.

Avery Stone didn’t expect the contract to feel like a descent into madness.

She signed up for a second chance at fertility, nothing more. But the moment she steps into the simulation pod for her Syndicate-matched partner, everything fractures. Her body’s still hers… but her reality is not.

Warlord Malik Thorne isn’t just a battle-scarred alpha from Tarketh Core. He’s a master of the Syndicate’s experimental Holo-Romance Park, and Avery is now trapped in a simulation that blurs the lines between fantasy, lust, and total mental domination.

Each world is worse than the last. Jungle hunts. Ancient ruins. Cosmic bondage floating through voidspace. And at every turn, Malik is there: possessive, unrelenting, and achingly real.

The worst part? She can’t tell what’s real anymore.

The bond between them isn’t just simulated. It’s visceral. Terrifying. And it’s pulling her deeper into a dark erotic spiral where “total possession” might not just be part of the program.

This standalone novella in the Wombs 4 Warlords series features VR-integrated consent, simulated noncon, primal fantasy fulfillment, psychological edge-play, sensory overload, and a heroine on the edge of surrender. High-heat, darkly intimate, and deeply immersive. All characters are consenting adults aged 21+. Each book in the series features a new couple and can be read in any order.