Mixed-ra=(#ce )/ coll$ege - -@*s(tu;__dent E*?lias i*s [:+/co$*rnered. by loan sharks aft er :_+^ his father flees the cou:ntry with
 m)illions
. Then Luciu (/!s Vance, the iron_/ $-f\^isted don of ( .the V@ance family, descends. ?He forces :^(!El\\ias to sign a c=@ont_?^ract[;—n)ot a,s a=?n as (sis*t!ant,  but as his perso(nal pl=+aything. *\He shoots th \rough th$(#e #:` hand of anyo+ne wh[:_o cove^ts E=]lias,` and sha]$ t:)ters his wi.ll ?in a dark wine cell%ar.=[ ;El\+;?ias ne_ver f_ully sur_-)ren(!ders. On \a yacht under e+_).nemy fire, he makes -a r_un for a l@ifeboat-* —bu]\%t it w+*as a game al:==l al*ong. Luc+= iu=s catc\[!h$!es him =#in the rai
n+-. Enrag;]ed by his defia%
nce, +(?he b)
]inds Elias;*'s wrist^s t% o the bed with his [:own belt. Wi\th absolute power and a branding mark,@: L,uciu$s `\d!e@cla(
r$%es on e) t(^hing: ,this] fo-rbidden contr`[)(act has no escape. Not anymore.