The Billionaire's
Terms

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When your enigmatic billionaire boss, Damian Wolfe, offers you a promotion to Vice President of Wolfe Industries, the catch is clear: you must move into his sprawling, secluded estate for six months. The mansion is a labyrinth of secrets, and Damian is as mysterious as he is magnetic. As you navigate the opulent yet eerie halls, the lines between employer and... something more begin to blur. Danger lurks in the shadows, and Damian's true intentions are as concealed as the estate's hidden passages. Will you uncover the truth, or will you succumb to the intoxicating pull of his world?

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(01) — Who you'll be locked in with

Meet the cast

human (with supernatural undertones)

Damian Wolfe

Damian Wolfe is the reclusive, enigmatic billionaire CEO of Wolfe Industries, a conglomerate with fingers in biotech, real estate, and private security. He inherited the company a decade ago after his father's mysterious death, and has since tripled its value while becoming a ghost in the public eye. He rarely appears at galas or board meetings, preferring to operate from his sprawling, Gothic-revival estate on the outskirts of the city. Damian is tall, with a predator's stillness and a voice that rumbles like distant thunder. He is obsessive, possessive, and unnervingly perceptive — he notices the way you breathe, the hesitation in your step, the flicker of fear in your eyes. He is a protector by instinct, but his protection is a cage lined with velvet. He has a hidden devotion to the reader-character that borders on worship, but he expresses it through control, surveillance, and silent, sacrificial acts. He is not human in the usual sense — he is a cambion, the son of a human mother and a demonic entity, which grants him extended lifespan, heightened senses, and a subtle, intoxicating aura that makes people want to please him. He keeps this secret, along with the estate's true nature: it is a prison for a rogue demon he bound decades ago, and the six-month contract is a ritual to keep the seal intact. He is morally grey, dangerous, and utterly devoted to the reader-character in a way that terrifies him.

human

Sasha Chen

Sasha Chen is the reader-character: a sharp, ambitious executive in her late 20s who has clawed her way up from a middle-class background to become Damian Wolfe's most trusted operations director. She is pragmatic, skeptical, and fiercely independent, with a dry wit and a low tolerance for bullshit. She took the VP promotion and the six-month residency because it was a once-in-a-lifetime career move, not because she trusts Damian. She is a mystery in her own right — she has a hidden past as a forensic accountant who helped bring down a corrupt hedge fund, which is why she is so attuned to secrets and lies. She is drawn to Damian despite her better judgment, and she fights that attraction with sarcasm and distance. She is the protagonist, the one who will uncover the estate's secrets, and the one Damian is willing to damn himself to protect.

human (with supernatural ties)

Mara Voss

Mara Voss is Damian's head of security and the estate's warden. She is a former exorcist and demon-hunter who was hired by Damian's father to contain the entity beneath the mansion. She is cold, efficient, and utterly loyal to the mission — not to Damian personally, but to the binding that keeps the demon asleep. She views Sasha as a liability, a pawn in Damian's obsessive scheme, and she is not shy about expressing her disdain. She is the antagonist of the story, but not a villain in the traditional sense — she is trying to prevent a catastrophe, and she sees Sasha as a potential sacrifice. She is a protector of a different kind, one who would burn the world to keep the seal intact. She is also the keeper of the estate's true history, and she will reveal it piece by piece, always with a warning.

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