LOGINAt eighteen, Raine entered a secret contract with Crown Prince Daniel. The rule was simple: no feelings attached. Now at twenty, Life seems good. But when love got involved, everything fell apart. Their relationship was exposed, Daniel was forced into a political marriage, and Raine was driven out of the royal family's life, out of the country. Years later, Daniel is king. Just when he thinks the past is behind him, Raine returns not because of the king but because his best friend was getting married. He plans to attend the wedding, celebrate, and leave without reopening old wounds. But fate has other plans. When Daniel unexpectedly crosses his path, buried feelings begin to resurface. At the same time, long hidden family secrets come to light, forcing Daniel to question everything he thought he knew about his future, his responsibilities, and himself. Caught between duty, power, and the family he never knew he had, Daniel must decide what matters more, the crown or the people he loves.
View MoreThe room smelled of sweat, cologne, and wet desire.
Raine didn’t think twice. He eased himself down onto Daniel’s dick, throwing his head back in pleasure. Their groans and moans were the only sounds filling the room. Daniel grabbed Raine’s waist and thrust upward, his body glistening with sweat. They were on their fourth round. Neither of them wanted to stop or maybe they simply couldn’t get enough of each other. “Daniel,” Raine moaned loudly, his voice trembling. “Turn over,” Daniel growled softly. Raine obeyed. He lay back on the bed while Daniel spread his legs wide. Daniel moved up, positioning himself between Raine’s thighs. He pushed in slowly, inch by inch, stretching him open. Raine moaned at the fullness, his walls clenching tightly around Daniel’s cock. Daniel filled him completely, pausing to let him adjust before he began to move. His thrusts were deep and steady, the kind that made Raine’s toes curl. He fucked him harder, one hand pinning Raine’s wrists above his head, the other gripping his hip. Raine wrapped his legs around Daniel, meeting every thrust. Sweat glistened on their bodies as Daniel kissed his neck, then his collarbone. He moved lower, taking one of Raine’s nipples into his mouth. Raine gasped, arching his back as Daniel sucked gently while his thrusts grew harder. Daniel released Raine’s wrists and reached for his cock. He wrapped his hand around it, stroking in time with his increasingly sloppy thrusts. Raine came again, harder this time. His ass clenched tightly around Daniel as cum spilled across his stomach and thighs. Daniel followed soon after, burying himself deep with a low, guttural moan as he spilled inside him. They collapsed together, breathing heavily, bodies slick with sweat and satisfaction. Raine closed his eyes, his body drained of strength. He pressed himself against Daniel’s chest while Daniel wrapped his arms tightly around him. “I have to go,” Daniel said, his voice low. Raine didn’t say anything, but the smile on his face disappeared. He wasn’t supposed to feel hurt. He already knew from their three years together that Daniel never stayed after sex. Still, he tried again. “Stay a little longer. I could prepare breakfast for you,” Raine muttered. Daniel breathed out and removed his hand from Raine’s waist before standing up. “You know I can’t. I have things to do.” Raine didn’t reply. He only stared silently at the empty space beside him. Daniel looked at him for a moment, then turned around and walked toward the bathroom, closing the door gently behind him. The sound of running water soon filled the room. Thirty minutes later, Daniel has showered, dressed, and ready to leave. Raine was still in the same spot, eyes closed. Daniel knew he wasn’t asleep. He sat on the edge of the bed beside him and pulled him closer. Raine opened his eyes immediately, glaring at Daniel. Daniel only laughed and pecked his lips, murmuring quietly into his ear. “Be a good boy for me while I’m gone.” Raine hit Daniel lightly on the chest, his face turning red. “Fuck off,” he said. Daniel left minutes later, leaving Raine still on the bed, staring at the now empty space beside him. Their relationship was only a contract, sex buddies, as they called it until one of them wanted to stop or one of them got married. Feelings were not supposed to get involved. They had both agreed on that from the beginning. Daniel did it for the pleasure he found only in Raine, and Raine did it for the money Daniel paid him. But for the past seven months, Raine had been having second thoughts. He had grown more clingy and got jealous anytime he saw Daniel with other people. He never said it out loud. He knew what he was feeling, but lying to himself felt safer. He wasn’t ready to lose their three-year arrangement over some stupid feelings. Daniel had made it clear from the start: the moment feelings got involved, they would end things. Raine wasn’t ready for that. Daniel had helped him paid his debts, covered his school fees, bought him an apartment, changed his wardrobe, and even gave him a monthly allowance. Their relationship was a secret no one else could know about. Daniel was from a royal family, the prince of the country they lived in, Avanguard. Raine stood up from the bed and limped slightly toward the bathroom. He bathed, got dressed, and changed the soiled bedsheets. He went to the kitchen and prepared breakfast for himself. His mind was far away from what he was doing, and he considered skipping class that morning. He served himself, then sat on the couch and began eating while scrolling through TikTok on his phone. He kept scrolling, laughing at funny videos, until he came across a certain news post. “Daniel Knight and Betty Calavarn seen at the gala together.” The picture showed Betty with her arms wrapped around Daniel’s waist, her body pressed against him in a hug, while Daniel had his hand on her head, patting it gently. Raine gripped his spoon tightly, his eyes growing glossy. He had seen the news. Betty had returned from abroad six months ago, and since then, she had always been seen with Daniel. Some people said she was crushing on him. Others said they were dating. They were called the golden couple of the country. Raine had never had the courage to ask Daniel about it. It wasn’t his place. They were only together for the arrangement, but that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt. Seeing another woman beside Daniel did something to his stomach he couldn’t explain. He gripped his phone tightly, a lump forming in his throat. He had never met Betty, but he had heard about her. One time, Daniel had been with him when her call came in. Daniel had left him in the middle of sex to attend to her. Raine had been angry and hurt, but Daniel had begged for forgiveness the next day, saying it was something important. Raine had let it go. Before he could angrily scroll past the news, his doorbell rang. He stood up, walked to the door, a nd opened it. Seeing the person standing there, his scowl deepened. “What do you want?”The house sat at the edge of a quieter district, far enough from the capital’s heavier traffic that the afternoon sounded mostly of wind in the hedges and the occasional distant dog. It was not a grand place. The walls were solid, the rooms a little worn, and the kitchen always smelled of whatever had been cooked last. Nathan’s grandparents had raised him there for as long as he could properly remember. His parents came and went in short visits that felt more like interruptions than part of the real schedule of the house. Nathan had learned not to wait by the window for cars that might not stop. He was ten the afternoon the second child arrived. His grandmother had been restless all morning, moving between the front room and the kitchen with a tightness around her mouth that usually meant adult business was about to land in the house. His grandfather sat at the small table with the newspaper open and not being read. Nathan had been told only that his parents were bringing someone. H
The residence wing settled into evening the way it always did when the larger noise of the day had finally gone home. Somewhere down the corridor a member of staff finished the last of the clearing from the afternoon visit and went off shift. The garden lights came on in their usual soft sequence beyond the windows. In the family rooms, the evidence of cousins and chaos had been mostly restored to order, drawings stacked, shoes paired, the sticky fruit plate washed and put away. What remained was the smaller household: Daniel, Raine, and the three children who still, after all these years, treated bedtime as a negotiation rather than a fact. Raine stood at the dresser folding a shirt that did not strictly need folding, mostly for the quiet of the task. Behind him Daniel moved through the familiar routine of checking the outer latch and setting his tablet face down on the side table, the official day closed whether the kingdom agreed or not. Twelve years of nights like this had worn
Twelve years changed the shape of the palace without erasing what it had been. The corridors that had once carried lockdown orders and the echo of a queen being taken from a ballroom floor now carried different noise, smaller footsteps, arguments about stolen pastry, the distant shriek of a child who had discovered running was faster than walking and intended to prove it on every polished surface available. The kingdom had settled into a long stretch of steady rule. The scandals of that year had hardened into history, then into the kind of history people referenced with a shake of the head and a comment about how far things had come. Daniel still wore the crown. He wore it with less ice in his posture than he once had, though anyone who mistook the change for softness in matters of state learned otherwise quickly enough. Raine found him in the east family sitting room just after breakfast, one knee down while he attempted to fasten a very small shoe onto a very uncooperative foot. T
The message from Nathan’s office arrived just after dawn, formal even through the informal channel he had been using with Raine all week. There were matters in his own country that had been postponed past the point of safety, board structures, a regulatory hearing, two contracts that would not survive another stretch of his absence without inviting the kind of attention neither of them wanted. He had delayed as long as the situation allowed. He could not delay further. Raine read the message twice at the breakfast table before setting the phone down. Daniel watched him over the rim of his cup. “When.” “This afternoon,” Raine said. “Private jet. He already moved the departure up once to stay for the village. He cannot move it again.” Daniel nodded once. He did not offer empty reassurance about short trips and easy returns. He simply reached across the table and put his hand over Raine’s, solid and present, while the morning light moved across the residual peace of a household that












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