Some chains are made of iron, others are forged by fate. Edrian Lorne has never dreamed of freedom. Born a slave, trained to obey, and scarred by a master’s cruelty, he has learned one truth: hope is dangerous, but when war tears his world apart, he finds himself standing before the Crown Prince of DarkMoonCrest… and the impossible happened when their eyes met, and the mate bond roared to life. Prince Xander Veyrion has spent his life pursuing one thing, the throne. The bond to a slave is a threat to everything he has built, to every alliance he needs. Yet denying the pull between them proves harder than ruling a kingdom cursed to rot without a noble-born mate. In the shadows of court intrigue, deadly magic, and whispers of rebellion, the bond between Edrian and Xander burns hotter with each stolen glance and forbidden touch. But when betrayal strikes and a killing curse forces their hands, they must decide, cling to ambition and lose each other, or defy the kingdom and claim a love that could bring an empire to its knees. A slave with no hope. A prince with everything to lose. And a bond that could change the fate of a kingdom.
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This story contains mature themes, explicit sexual content, BDSM elements, violence, and scenes of power exchange. It is intended for adult readers (18+) only. Reader discretion is advised.
Edrian's POV
“Get up, slave. You’ve been chosen.” The guard kicked me in the belly.
"Ahhh," I screamed as the sharp pain hit me in my lower abdomen, dragging me out of the little sleep i was just getting.
My muscles were already aching from the hard labor of the day, from hauling crates, scrubbing floors, and taking lashes for another man's mistakes.
I didn't bother to ask who chose me because i already know who
A knot twisted low in my stomach.
“Tonight?” I asked, keeping my voice flat and emotionless.
"If you ask me that stupid question one more time, you will regret it," the guard said, almost whipping me with the lash in his hand.
I immediately shut up because, of course, i knew better than to ask such question.
I slowly stood up with fear in my chest. This was not the first time i had been summoned to warm the master's bed, but that doesn't make it easier because no slave has ever gone to the submission room and came back unscratched, it is always with bruised, scratches, i have heard that some slaves even died of the torture that goes on in the room.
I also have the scars under my clothes; they are healed on the surface, but the memories never healed. They're still fresh, like it just happened yesterday.
I dressed without a word, pulling on the thin linen trousers and shirt kept for occasions like this. The cloth was pressed against my damp skin, and smelled of soap and old fear.
The journey to the submission room was quiet except for the sound of the guard's booth and my thumping heart.
As we got closer to the west wing of the mansion, the section where the rest of the slaves avoided unless they were summoned, I kept my eyes down.
When we reached the doors, I raised my eyes. They were carved with curling patterns that seemed beautiful at first… until you realized they were wolves tearing into prey. One guard pushed them open, and heat and smell washed over me. It smelled like burning oils, sweat, and leather.
Immediately I stepped inside, i fought the urge to turn and start running because that would mean losing my life.
Half-shadows crept over furniture and walls in the low flickering torchlight. Weapons for pleasure and pain hung on the walls like hunting trophies, whips hanging coiled on hooks with their silver ends catching the light. When I saw the silver weapons, fear gripped me because of the pain it has caused me in the past. Wooden paddles blackened with age, metal cuffs fastened to the wall and ceiling, rods shiny like wicked promises, and more unidentifiable. The floor was sprinkled with furs in great dark layers, the sort which ate you up, the sort which deadened out sound.
At the center of the room, on a broad bed that was covered in blood-red silk, was the master.
He lounged with casual arrogance, his robe loose enough to show his bare chest, a chalice of wine in his hand, and a naked woman in black mask beside him. He had never had company. The woman's red lips curved into a wicked smile that I'm sure didn't reach her eyes if i could see them right now.
"Begin." My master's thick voice brought me back to reality.
My throat suddenly went tight, but I managed to move forward.
"Yes, master." I manage to croak out.
I understood what he meant, so i slowly moved my fingers around my skin and pulled the hem of my shirt over my head and dropped the shirt on the floor.
I am now standing with my bare chest, which earned me lustful glances from the master and the woman in the mask.
My hand wandered down, over my rib, then down to my belly until my fingers were just at the waist of my trousers. The woman cocked her head and stared at me like a predator ready to pounce on its prey. She licked her lips, and her hand slipped under my master's robe.
I slowly pulled off the trousers, and I am now standing bare butted naked with my cock still soft and dangling.
I slowly wrapped my fingers around it and started stroking it.
This isn't the first time I will be doing this in front of the master, but that doesn't make it less shameful. I couldn't hold his gaze, so I looked away.
And as I kept stroking, my body started responding, and my cock began to go hard. I picked up a bottle of lubricant and applied it for slippery movement.
My breathing became shallow as pleasure spread over my body. How do I explain that I do not enjoy this?.
Slow fake moans escaped my lips because I knew the master to enjoy the sound.
I continued stroking, and it became faster because I couldn't wait to get this over with, but the master wasn't having it.
"Go slowly and look me in the eye. If you tear your gaze from me again, you will lose your head," he threatened, and I did what I do best: Obey.
When I turned my gaze to the master, the naked woman was already down on her knees with the master's cock in her mouth. I watched as she moved up and down and slurped while I stroked myself slowly.
My body betrayed me as I feel myself become even harder by the sight in front of me, and I find myself actually enjoying this. I dare not tear my gaze away from the master as my slow stroking became faster again.
The master threw his head backwards in pleasure.
The room is filled with moans, mine, the woman and even the master's.
The ache built until it was almost unbearable. My legs trembled with the effort to hold still. I could feel the edge approaching, sharp and dizzying. I was going to cum and then...
BONG
The war bell split the air, the deep clang reverberating through the walls.
Another.
BONG.
My bones rattled to the sound.
Next thing, the master shot up to his feet, and his glass of wine fell with a clatter on the furs, splashing red wine everywhere. The woman gulped hard and crammed up.
"They are charging!” I heard a guard shout as he came up the hall.
"It's an ambush," another voice shouted.
The master didn't spare me a glance as he took bold steps towards the door in his robe, and the woman followed. They both left the room, leaving me butt naked.
I didn't know what to do as I stood rooted to the spot, still breathing heavily and still trying to wrap my head around the fact that the war bell is still ringing.
My adrenaline kicked in as I quickly packed my discarded wears. I pulled the shirt over my head and started moving towards the door, but I didn't even take three steps before something hard hit the back of my head. Pain exploded in my head, my knees became weak, and I fell to the ground.
The last thing my mind was wrapped around before darkness swallowed me was the fact that I wasn't given the opportunity to cum for the last time.
Xander’s POVMy room walls had never been as small.I walked round in front of the fire, my hands rolled into fists, and the heat within me was more warm than the fire itself. My wolf, Feris, tore at my flesh impatiently, insistent, clamoring to get that single thing I had promised to deny him.Edrian.He could be found everywhere I went in this god-damned palace. His scent was still in the corridors, and it is maddening, spiced woodsmoke, salt, something raw and unskilled that could never be matched by the most exalted in the social circle. He followed me like a curse, into my lungs with every breath, till I was drunk on him.And now he had the audacity to stare at me the way he did at the banquet. Hurt. Accusing. Like I had betrayed him by letting Amber touch me.As if I owed him anything.The chamber door creaked open. I didn’t have to turn to know who it was. His presence hit me before the sound, his heartbeat, his scent, the way Feris surged toward him with a feral snarl of recog
Edrian's POVThe banquet hall was a jeweled cage.Golden chandeliers filled the air with light and polished marble floors, courtiers in silks and velvets swirled there like peacocks in disguise. The big tables creaked with the burden of roasted meats, sugared fruit, and jeweled goblets of wine. Music was coming out of one corner where minstrels played the lute, and under the music was a continual under pitch of whispering, hungry, cruel, and always watching.And there I was in the midst of it all, bearing a golden tray like the servant they would have had me be.The palace seamstress had dressed me in better clothes than I had ever possessed, dark tunic, trousers, boots polished to a shine and yet, no matter how finely the cut, the tray itself had a way of reminding me how it was, in their eyes, that I was indeed a slave only dressed up as a man.Every whisper followed me as I moved between nobles. “That’s him,” one woman murmured, hiding her smirk behind a jeweled fan. “The stray t
Edrian's POVThe chamber was too quiet.This was the first thing I noticed as I was waking up. Silence was as oppressive as any chain I had ever had on my hands, and nothing broke the silence but the crackling of the fire on the other side of the room. There was smoke and cedar burning in the air. I pulled back to avoid the shadows, lost, and then hissed quietly as the aching of my ribs brought me to my senses of where I was and what had happened.The training grounds.The blows.The taste of blood in my mouth.And then… Berry, my wolf. The memory of his roar still thundered in my bones. For years, I’d thought he was gone because he never talked to me or even take charge of my body. Yet, here in DarkMoonCrest, he started talking to me and when the world closed in, he had broken free—terrifying, magnificent, and unstoppable twice. For a moment, I had not been the beaten slave cowering before the whip. I had been something else. Something more.But the weight of shame returned quickly.
Amber's POVThe morning air was sharp with the scent of sweat and steel. Training days always stirred something satisfying in me. Watching wolves bleed and bruise reminded me of what power truly was, violence polished into loyalty. Men learned quickly when they were beaten into submission.And today, submission was exactly what I intended Edrian to learn.He had been standing at the edge of the grounds like a lost pup, eyes too wide, body too soft, his every breath a reminder that he did not belong here. Not in the palace, not in Xander’s orbit and definately not in my future throne.A slave pretending to be something more.The insult of it made my teeth ache.The moment Edrian step foot into Darkmooncrest, I already knew Xander's mate was here even before Xander himself. I am that powerful.The other night, I had sent my servant to summon him and made sure he heard me in Xander’s bed. Louder than necessary, nails raking against sheets, voice lilting in sweet, filthy praise. I knew he
Xander's POVEdrian’s eyes had lingered too long.That single look, the hurt that flared and then dimmed into something more raw, had branded itself in my mind.He hadn’t said a word when he met Amber sprawled in my sheets, panting, still trying to claim what she thought belonged to her. He didn’t shout, didn’t accuse, he just… looked.His wolf’s whimper had carried to mine, faint but sharp, a knife under the skin.And then he left.I had ordered Amber out afterward, snapping at the way he talked to Edrian. I am the only one who could treat him badly.Disgust curled up in my throat at the way she had spoken to Edrian. She thought it was power, what we shared. It wasn’t. It was a performance. A shield.If Edrian believed I didn’t care, then maybe I could believe it too.But his eyes haunted me.So when Kael arrived that morning, sweeping into the council chamber like he owned it, the last thing I expected was for my half-brother’s smile to hook directly toward Edrian.“Who’s this?” Kae
Edrian's POVThe sting from earlier had not healed yet. The marks of Xander's hands still clung to my body, the stinging blows that had left me burning and aching, but God help me, I had desired more. The shame of me wanting more throbbed within me as pain had melted into pleasure, and I'm not even going to lie, I despised myself that I wanted it. I could still hear his deep, commanding voice when he shouted "Get out!"He had sent me out of his chambers shaken, my wolf impatient, pawing the ground within me like a cage bird. Berry had whined and wondered why our mate should hurt us and afterwards dispose of us like rubbish. I attempted to fall asleep, gripping the sheets as if they could cover the storm that was inside my heart. But then...A knock.“Lord Edrian,” a soft voice called. I quickly stood up to check who it was and when i pushed the door open, it was a servant. Amber’s servant.“His Majesty summons you.” she said and turned back to leave immediately without getting a re
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