Files
The Chainmark Files expand the dark world first introduced in Bonds of Slavery. These stories explore the lives, histories, and hidden perspectives surrounding the Chainmark Act, revealing the villains, victims, and survivors who shaped its brutality.
Each one exposes a different part of the system.
This is the world behind Ryan’s story.
This is what made the Act possible.
These are companion novellas to Bonds of Slavery and The Boy.
If you haven’t read them, start there.
They won’t make sense without them.
They’re not meant to.
Wilkins – Book 1
Monsters aren’t born.
They’re Made
Brad Wilkins was raised on discipline, shaped by fear, and taught that obedience is the only currency worth taking. When the Chainmark Act is announced, Brad doesn’t see politics or reform.
He sees opportunity.
Not justice.
Not civic duty.
Power.
Before Ryan Murphy ever stepped onto the ranch, Brad was building the rules, the rituals, and the quiet brutality he calls a “proper home.” This novella follows Brad from the moment the Act passes to the day he brings his new purchase back to the ranch, told entirely through his eyes.
No excuses.
No remorse.
Just the truth of a man who believes he’s better than the father who broke him, even as he becomes something far worse.
Control is freedom.
A dark companion novella in the Chainmark Files.
This is a companion novella to Bonds of Slavery and The Boy.
If you haven’t read them, start there.
This won’t make sense without them, and frankly, it’s not meant to.
Agent Dalton – Book 2 available for pre-order
The law created the system.
Her job is to make sure it works.
When the Chainmark Act reshaped the country, Agent Dalton was assigned to a role few people even knew existed.
The Chainmark Compliance Unit.
She visits registered owners.
She interviews the slaves.
She files the reports that prove the system is working.
Officially, everything is functioning exactly as intended.
Unofficially, Dalton sees what never makes it into the paperwork.
Fear disguised as obedience.
Owners who bend the rules too well.
Silence that feels practiced.
Two names keep appearing on her roster.
Brad Wilkins.
Ryan Murphy.
One owns the system.
The other survives it.
Dalton’s job is not to judge.
Only to observe.
But the more reports she files, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between compliance… and complicity.
Compliance is approval.
A dark companion novella in the Chainmark Files.
This is a companion novella to Bonds of Slavery and The Boy.
If you haven’t read them, start there.
This won’t make sense without them, and frankly, it’s not meant to.