In Actasia, where women with their magic rule, Nalla comes of age to pick her first Angel-man. She’s watched her mother and sisters tame their own angel-men but it’s the intimacy of the relationship which fascinates her. The trust that comes from carrying for someone entirely.
She finds him in a cage, and he dares to look at her. It’s forbidden to stare at a woman until she buys you. Perhaps it’s the defiance in his eyes. He looks at her as if she can’t manage him. As if he dares her to break him.
