Rysykk's Rise

Alarin is a skid living in the dangerous underside of Washington where the sun can no longer be seen from the streets. He's a pickpocket and sometimes a whore if he's hungry enough, until the night he picks the wrong pocket and is left for dead. A mysterious benefactor takes Alarin in from the mean streets and offers him a life of luxury,but who is Maleus Bryant and why does he want Alarin?