Apprentice: A Viktor Kane Origin Story

Completed

8 Chapters39,144 words161 min read

4.8 (34)4.8 out of 5 stars from 34 ratings

Slave Auction Master & Slave Non-Con Betrayal Conditioning

A broke kid is taken in by the man who breaks slaves for a living. He learns the trade fast, and then learns he is good at it.

Chapters

The Dive

5,238 words21 min read5.05.0 out of 5 stars from 4 ratings

Eighteen, thirty bucks, and a bus ticket to a city that runs on collars. The first night teaches him something the textbook never will.

The Cold Master

5,427 words22 min read

A mentor with two slaves, a clinical method, and a locked door inside him. The apprentice studies all three.

The Written Exam

6,064 words25 min read

A junior license, an auction floor, a kitchen-table collaring three blocks from his own room. The laboratory phase is ending.

The Discovery & The Confession

5,043 words21 min read

The man who teaches surrender for a living has started building little walls of air and books. His student already knows where each one cracks.

The Night & The Morning Trap

2,212 words9 min read5.05.0 out of 5 stars from 5 ratings

A restraint drill on the living room floor turns, and the man who teaches surrender goes under at last. By morning there is coffee, a pen, and one page he trusts too much to read.

The Discovery & The Transfer

2,636 words11 min read4.44.4 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings

A phone call at his own desk tells him who owns him now. He comes home to a door he has to knock on and two slaves who have been waiting. His body learns the verdict before his mind will sign it.

The New Order

6,771 words28 min read4.74.7 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings

The collar is on, and his own slaves have the tape measure. He is inventoried in his own living room, priced by the reflex he spent his career training, and handed back the one skill he was ever proud of.

The Full Arc

5,753 words24 min read4.74.7 out of 5 stars from 6 ratings

Weeks of quiet, then a room with a drain in the floor. The scout who wrote the inspection drill stands barefoot on the cold tile while a stranger prices him.