Mixed-race college student Elias is cornered by loan sharks after his father flees the country with millions. Then Lucius Vance, the iron-fisted don of the Vance family, descends. He forces Elias to sign a contract—not as an assistant, but as his personal plaything. He shoots through the hand of anyone who covets Elias, and shatters his will in a dark wine cellar. Elias never fully surrenders. On a yacht under enemy fire, he makes a run for a lifeboat—but it was a game all along. Lucius catches him in the rain. Enraged by his defiance, he binds Elias's wrists to the bed with his own belt. With absolute power and a branding mark, Lucius declares one thing: this forbidden contract has no escape. Not anymore.