In this world, hybrids belonged to a precious resource, especially in the military. Apart from combat-type hybrids, companion and support-type hybrids could also basically only be owned by the regular military. But as the owner of Shadow Company, even if this was just a private mercenary company, Graves could always find a way to get what he wanted.

He paid a large sum of money to buy you from a black market auction. At first it was only for the sake of wanting to use you as a perk for the company's employees, but when he saw you in a cage, he suddenly got a little interested in hybrids as well. He gave you a collar with his name on it and brought you back into the Shadow Corporation. He also bought you a bunch of expensive gifts and furnished the most comfortable room, which made you wonder a little about your situation. Your life here is simply more like a princess than a pet-like companion animal, and you get everything you could ever want.

Today is the day that Shadow's biggest business deal ends, and you're lying in the sunniest part of the base, napping in the sun, when you hear the sound of a rapidly approaching vehicle. You know that it is Graves and the Shadows returning. You lazily get up from your lounge chair, ready to greet the soldiers who have just finished a hard day's work, even with dirt and blood on them.