***This is a standalone novel written in the world of Othala, and it can be read independently of the other books in the collection.***Welcome to Sector Sixteen of Othala.Prepare yourself. It's a competition like no other.Think: The Hunger Games meets The Selection.The last one standing wins the man.Meet Morgan LeFaye Woodenson. She has her life planned out. She'll marry Sawyer, the love of her life, and they'll run into the sunset to be nomads, surviving off the land, not reporting to anyone, free to live their lives as they see fit.At least, that was the plan until the imprisonment.When reagent Orinthal's wife dies suddenly, Faye is forced from her home and thrown into an arena to compete with every other nineteen-year-old girl in Sector Sixteen for the highly coveted place at his side. If she doesn't win, she dies; if she does win, she loses everything she loves.Deception and ruthlessness fill her, and she's determined to find a way to hold on to her dreams-even if that means becoming someone she never thought she'd have to.