Chapter Four:
You’re Still Mine 23:11 P.M. Cain’s voice cut sharp through the radio, “Status check—patrol four, respond.” Static. Cain’s jaw flexed. The estate’s east wing should’ve checked in three minutes ago. The cameras in that section had been glitchy since the rain started, but silence wasn’t just a delay—it was a warning. He didn’t wait. He ran. — 23:13 P.M. The corridor smelled off—like ozone, sweat, and copper. Cain moved in silence, gun drawn, heart pounding in his throat. As he neared the stairwell, he heard the scuff of boots. A low grunt. Then—Saxon’s voice. Muffled. Strained. No. Cain hit the door and shoved through with full force. Saxon was on the floor. Kneeling. Hands gripping a decorative sculpture from the side table, blood at his lip, shirt torn at the collar. And behind him—a man with a blade, black mask, arm already in mid-swing. Cain didn’t think. Didn’t aim. Bang. The bullet tore through the attacker’s shoulder, sending him flying backward into the wall. Saxon fell forward, gasping. Cain didn’t pause. He crossed the room in two seconds flat, kicked the weapon away, and slammed the man’s head into the marble so hard it cracked. Once. Twice. Again. “Cain—” Saxon croaked behind him. But Cain didn’t stop. Red mist clouded his vision. His boot found the attacker’s ribs. Over and over. This wasn’t a kill. This was a message. Mine. “You touch him again,” Cain snarled, voice shaking, “I’ll rip your fucking throat out and make you choke on it.” A whimper. Blood. Silence. Cain stood, chest heaving, eyes wild. And turned. Saxon was still on the floor, trembling, palms scraped from catching himself. But those eyes… They weren’t afraid. They were dark. Wet. Hungry. — 23:20 P.M. Cain dragged the body away, ordered cleanup, and locked the corridor down. Every guard was doubled. Every camera checked. Reinforcements called. But when he returned to the bedroom— Saxon was already naked, sitting on the edge of the bed, lip still bleeding, cock half-hard, hands resting on his thighs like he was offering himself up. Cain froze in the doorway. “You were going to kill him,” Saxon whispered. Cain said nothing. Saxon looked up. “For me.” Cain stepped inside, locked the door behind him, and walked forward slowly—like approaching a wild animal. Saxon didn’t move. “I would’ve done worse,” Cain said finally. “If you’d let me.” Saxon’s breath hitched. “I wanted you to.” Cain grabbed him by the throat and shoved him down onto the bed, straddling his hips, cock pressed to his belly, fists gripping the sheets. “You want to be punished that badly?” Cain rasped. Saxon’s voice cracked. “I want to be fucked that badly.” Cain kissed him—hard. Brutal. Deep. Tongue and teeth, no mercy. He bit Saxon’s lip again, tasted copper, licked it clean. Then he flipped him—rough, fast—grabbing the lube from the drawer, slicking his fingers, pushing one inside without warning. Saxon gasped, back arching. “More—don’t stop—” Cain gave him two, then three—fast, hard, unrelenting, until Saxon was grinding into the bed, panting, moaning like a fucking whore. “You like watching me lose control?” Cain hissed. Saxon groaned. “I love it. I love when you break for me—” Cain lined up his cock, shoved in with one violent thrust that had Saxon choking on his own cry. He didn’t wait. He grabbed Saxon’s hips and fucked him like a savage. No rhythm. No gentleness. Just pure, punishing possession. “You’re mine,” Cain growled with every thrust. “Say it.” Saxon gasped, drooling on the sheets, legs trembling. “I’m yours—I’ve always been yours—” Cain yanked him up by the hair and bit into his shoulder, hard enough to mark. Saxon came without being touched—screaming, shuddering, whole body twitching. Cain didn’t stop. He pounded deeper, hips slapping against the curve of Saxon’s ass, until his own orgasm hit—hot, loud, shaking, with a groan that sounded more like a snarl. They collapsed in a tangled heap, breathless. Sweaty, shaking and silent. — 23:47 P.M. Cain lay on his back, arm thrown over his eyes, chest rising and falling like he’d just fought a war. Because he had. Saxon curled beside him—still marked, still raw, but softer now. Less armor, more truth. He traced the scar near Cain’s ribs. “I remember this.” Cain didn’t move. “You gave it to me.” “You let me.” “You were crying,” Cain said flatly. “I didn’t stop you.” Saxon swallowed. “I thought you were leaving me.” “I was.” Silence. Then Saxon whispered, “But you came back.” Cain turned his head. Their eyes met. Cain reached out, brushing a thumb across Saxon’s cheek. “I never stopped watching you,” he admitted. “Even when I was gone. Especially then.” Saxon exhaled. “You still feel like mine.” Cain leaned in. Kissed him. Soft. Slow. Unforgiving. “I never stopped being yours.” — 00:15 A.M. Outside the estate, a shadow moved. A phone call was made. A voice answered. Cold. Clean. “He’s protecting him again.” “Good. Then it’ll hurt more when we rip him apart.” —— 03:08 A.M. Cain sat on the edge of the bed, knees apart, a medical kit open on the floor between his boots. Saxon lay face-down, breath steady now but soft. Quiet. His back was a map of bruises—some old, some fresh, some beautiful in how they bloomed beneath Cain’s fingers. But the cut above his lip and the abrasion on his shoulder needed cleaning. Cain had already taken care of the worst. Now came the part that hurt more. The silence. “You could’ve let me handle him,” Saxon mumbled into the pillow. Cain dipped the gauze in antiseptic. “You hesitated.” “I wasn’t scared.” “I didn’t say you were,” Cain said, pressing the pad to Saxon’s scraped skin. Saxon hissed. Cain paused, softened the pressure, but didn’t apologize. Saxon didn’t want gentle. Not really. “You think I’m weak,” Saxon said. Cain’s eyes flicked to his. “No,” he said quietly. “I think you’re reckless. Impulsive. Addicted to pain. But not weak.” Saxon turned his head just enough to meet Cain’s gaze. “Then why’d you leave?”Chapter Seven: Let Me Destroy You 06:43 A.M. The video in high definition burned through their eyes. Cain stood frozen in front of the flat-screen, jaw tight, arms folded. Saxon was on the couch behind him, shirtless, lips parted, watching himself on the screen with wide, stunned eyes. The video played on loop. His back arched. His thighs spread. Cain’s hands gripping his waist. His moans filling the speakers. Grainy. Stolen. Obscene. It was them. Their first night in the safehouse. Cain didn’t need audio to hear it. Didn’t need visuals to know how he sounded when he came inside Saxon the first time after thinking he’d lost him forever. “You were mine before you ever knew what the word meant,” his voice snarled on screen. Cain shut off the TV. Saxon whispered, “That’s… online?” Cain nodded once. “Who has it?” Cain’s voice was ice. “Don Vincente.” Saxon’s breath hitched. “How?” Cain turned to him, jaw flexing. “Someone tapped the feed. Probably befor
Chapter Six: Mine to Protect, Mine to Ruin11:45 A.M.Punishment.Cain shoved Saxon down onto the desk. The wood groaned beneath them.“Hands flat.”Saxon obeyed, breathless.Cain ripped his joggers down. No prep. No lube. Just spit and fury and the sharp edge of jealousy turned into pure, sexual violence.He shoved two fingers into Saxon, twisting, stretching.Saxon moaned, “Fuck—”“You want pretty boys with soft hands?” Cain growled. “You want compliments and giggles?”Saxon’s head dropped forward. “No. I want you.”Cain spat on his cock, lined up, and slammed in.Saxon cried out, body arching, fingers clawing at the desk.Cain gripped his hips so hard he’d leave bruises. “Say it again.”“I want you—fuck—Cain—”Cain pounded into him, brutal, merciless, possessive.“This is mine,” he snarled. “You are mine.”Saxon’s moans turned to cries. Raw. Desperate.Cain pulled out halfway—then drove back in so hard the desk shook.Saxon nearly sobbed. “I’m yours—I’m fucking yours—please—don’t
Chapter Five: What We Never SaidCain didn’t answer.He squeezed the tube of ointment instead, focusing on the wound, not the man.“You disappeared the night before my engagement,” Saxon continued. “Didn’t call. Didn’t warn me. I waited for you. And you didn’t show.”“I had to go,” Cain said.“No, you chose to go.”Cain leaned back on his heels, jaw locked. “I was ordered to leave. By your father.”Saxon’s eyes darkened. “He hated you.”“He was right to.”Saxon sat up—wincing slightly, but defiant.“No,” he said. “He hated that I loved you.”Cain’s hand froze mid-air.Those words… landed like gunfire. Deep. Clean. Devastating.“You were the only real thing in my life,” Saxon said, voice quieter now. “And you let him scare you off.”Cain’s mouth opened.Then closed.He stood, walked to the window, shoved a hand through his hair.“I didn’t want you dead,” he said finally.Saxon blinked. “What?”Cain turned, voice hoarse. “He told me if I didn’t leave, he’d make you disappear. He alread
Chapter Four: You’re Still Mine23:11 P.M.Cain’s voice cut sharp through the radio, “Status check—patrol four, respond.”Static.Cain’s jaw flexed.The estate’s east wing should’ve checked in three minutes ago. The cameras in that section had been glitchy since the rain started, but silence wasn’t just a delay—it was a warning.He didn’t wait.He ran.—23:13 P.M.The corridor smelled off—like ozone, sweat, and copper.Cain moved in silence, gun drawn, heart pounding in his throat. As he neared the stairwell, he heard the scuff of boots. A low grunt. Then—Saxon’s voice. Muffled. Strained.No.Cain hit the door and shoved through with full force.Saxon was on the floor.Kneeling.Hands gripping a decorative sculpture from the side table, blood at his lip, shirt torn at the collar. And behind him—a man with a blade, black mask, arm already in mid-swing.Cain didn’t think.Didn’t aim.Bang.The bullet tore through the attacker’s shoulder, sending him flying backward into the wall. Saxo
Chapter Three: I Dare You06:43 A.M.The surveillance footage didn’t lie.Cain watched the loop again, arms folded tightly across his chest. Saxon—barefoot, shirt half-unbuttoned—was in the east courtyard last night with Luca, the new guard. Laughing. Smirking. Standing too close. Touching his shoulder.Cain didn’t see a threat.He saw a game.And he was about to end it.—08:10 A.M.The estate’s training room was a brutal stretch of reinforced floors, wall-to-wall mirrors, and weapon racks lining every edge. It was Cain’s favorite room. His sanctuary. The only place he could release what Saxon kept caging inside him.Until today.Because today, Saxon walked in.Tight black compression shirt. Black joggers. Freshly showered. Still damp. And smiling like the devil had handed him a dare.Cain didn’t look at him. Not at first.He just kept punching the heavy bag—thud, thud, thud—his knuckles wrapped, his jaw set.“Your technique’s gotten sloppy,” Saxon said behind him. “Or maybe you’re
Chapter Two: Close QuartersCain didn’t sleep.Not because he couldn’t—but because he wouldn’t. Not in this place. Not under this roof. Not with Saxon Rivera walking around shirtless, barefoot, and smoking like he wasn’t the most wanted man in the city and the reason Cain’s cock was half-hard and aching since the second he walked through the goddamn door.He sat on the edge of the guest bed in his private quarters, left foot braced on the floor, a gun resting in his hand, the safety on.The walls were too thin.Or maybe Saxon moaned just loud enough for him to hear it.On purpose.Cain ground his teeth, cock straining against the front of his tactical pants, and muttered, “This is hell.”And it was only day one.———08:00 A.M.Saxon walked into the breakfast lounge like he owned the air.The bastard wasn’t even trying.Loose white button-down, sleeves rolled to the elbows, collar open far enough to expose the dip of his throat and the faint outline of the gold chain he used to wear i