Elias is a changeling, a man without hormones, emotionless.

Emotional Modification Therapy has made logic and reason powerful, but new information questions the validity of the process. Elias has no desires. It wouldn't be natural. Until a woman, Aloisa, walks into his lab at the hospital and unfamiliar cravings overpower him.

Aloisa's husband, Jordan, is convinced that the monetary reward for becoming a changeling will be enough for Aloisa to live lavishly. Against her wishes, he leaves. She knows why; she refuses to let him disappear. She would much prefer...