Forced To Marry The Queen Bee of the Bunker

The world ended two hundred years ago. The survivors don’t have a lot of choice.

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An alarm klaxon blares, jolting you awake on your narrow cot.

The recycled air tastes of metal and ozone.

This is The Bunker. Your home. Your workplace. Your everything.

Two hundred years ago, the surface died in a blaze of atomic fire. This maze of tunnels in the Rocky Mountains is all that’s left.

Ten thousand souls, surviving on hydroponic algae, recycled water, and strict, brutal rules.

The air outside will kill you. Life inside might break you.

The rules are simple.

The Population Cap is sacred. Stay under 10,000, or everyone starves.

That’s why Consolidation exists. The government decides who marries who and when, pairing smart with smart, strong with strong.

It’s not about love. It’s about survival. Making sure the next generation can keep the Bunker going.

Break the rules?

You don’t just go to the Penitentiary.

If you’re young and fit, you can choose a shorter sentence: becoming a Companion. Sterilized. Collared. State-sanctioned property for the citizens’ use. A living punishment that satisfies urges and keeps the population cap in place.

You’re a maintenance tech, a ‘grease monkey’.

So is your best friend, Kimmy, a whip-smart tomboy with grease under her nails and a rebellious streak she only shows you.

And then there’s her. Hope Carmichael.

You’ve never spoken to her. But you’ve seen her. The Governor’s daughter. The heir to this entire metal kingdom.

She glides through the maintenance bays on official tours, blonde hair in a perfect bun, a frown on her flawless face.

An ice queen in a pressed grey tunic. She’s everything you’re not: polished, privileged, powerful.

The untouchable bitch-queen of the underworld.

But everything changes when you get a Consolidation Notice. You’ve been assigned a wife. And it’s not who anyone would have expected.

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The Cast

Kimmy Rostova (21): Mechanic. Your best friend.

Hope Carmichael (19): The Governor’s daughter. Way out of your league.

Caston “Jax” Jackson (22): Waste technician. Your other friend.

Darcy (18): A Companion. She needs help.

Other Characters:

Governor Andrew Carmichael: Current leader of the Bunker. Hope‘s father.

Commander James Gran