19 stories
دَرْسُ فِعْلِ الأَمْرِ | The Lesson of the Imperative
A powerful queen teaches her new servant the art of commands in Classical Arabic, demonstrating each imperative with increasingly bold instructions.
Dowry Negotiations
His mother-in-law holds the dowry over his head. She'll forgive the debt—for a price only he can pay. Some debts require creative repayment.
Kept Quiet
His cousin catches him with their aunt. Her silence has a price—she wants the same treatment. Now he serves two women who know each other's secrets.
The Debt Collector
His uncle owes him two million shillings. The family has no money—but they have women willing to pay in other ways.
Caught at Fajr
His aunt catches him with the housekeeper at dawn prayers. Her silence has a price—and it's due every morning before sunrise.
The Collector
Four men from the same bloodline. Each thought he was the only one. When the truth comes out, she refuses to choose — and none of them can leave.
The After Party
Office party at the boss's mansion. He gets lost looking for the bathroom. Finds the wife in the study, drinking alone. The daughter joins them. Boss is passed out drunk downstairs.
Debt Collection
She paid for the wedding. The house. His wife's lifestyle. Now she's collecting on the debt—not in money, but in him. Weekly visits to her estate. Mandatory.
Professor Chen
She's tenured. He's a grad student in her department. When she discovers he's been watching her, she doesn't report him—she uses it. Office hours become something else entirely.
Owned
She made the rules clear the day she married his father: he belongs to her now. Not a request. Not a seduction. An ownership. His father travels for work; she uses every absence to remind him who controls this house—and him.
Corner Office
She stops by the office to bring her husband lunch. Starts talking to the new hire. Keeps finding reasons to come back.
The Housekeeper
She cleans his house twice a week. What she uncovers changes everything.
The Landlady
Rent's due. He can't pay. She has other arrangements in mind.
The Inheritance
His family destroyed hers. She spent seventeen years becoming powerful enough to buy him at auction. Revenge is everything she dreamed—until it isn't.
Leverage
She has footage that could end his life. Her price isn't money—it's him. When she calls, he comes.
The Evaluation
She's evaluated hundreds of graduates. But this one she raised—and he's not going to make it easy.
Zero-Sum Game
A reckless hacker steals from the wrong woman—and discovers being owned isn't the same as being caged.
Gilded Cage
A man sells himself to pay his sister's debt—and discovers his captor is as caged as he is.
Inheritance Claim
Four aunts. One nephew. And an inheritance that requires him to choose. They decide to let his body make the decision.