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 before we even got here.” “Your own system?” “I built this place to be untouchable,” Cain said darkly. “Which means whoever breached it knows me.” Saxon stood, pacing. “This is more than blackmail,” he muttered. Cain nodded. “It’s exposure. Humiliation. Psychological warfare.” “And you know what Vincente does to people once he’s bored of scaring them.” Cain’s face darkened. “He breaks them.” — 07:02 A.M. The safehouse had two levels. The bottom floor was designed for rest. The top floor was designed for war. But beneath that—hidden in the walls, only accessible by Cain’s biometrics—was a door. Behind it? A room with no windows. No light unless turned on. No echoes. Just bondage rigs, padded floors, steel walls, and a single mirror bolted to the ceiling above the black leather bed. Cain had only ever used it once. Long ago. With Saxon. The first time they’d needed to forget the world. — 07:15 A.M. “Get on your knees,” Cain said. Saxon blinked at him. They stood in the entrance of the room—bare concrete, flickering lights, a faint chill that clung to the skin. Saxon didn’t hesitate. He dropped. Cain walked behind him slowly, stripping his shirt as he spoke. “They’re watching us,” he said. “Waiting for us to fall apart. To crack. To run.” He crouched, unbuckled Saxon’s pants, yanked them down and off. “But you know what we do instead?” Saxon’s voice was soft. “We burn bright.” Cain pulled his belt free with a sharp, cruel sound. And bound Saxon’s wrists behind his back. Then he guided him to the padded bench. “Face down,” he murmured. Saxon obeyed. Cain spread his legs wide, knelt between them, and pressed a kiss to the back of Saxon’s thigh. “You want to be ruined?” Saxon breathed, “Yes.” Cain reached into the nearby drawer. Chains. Lube. A collar. Blindfolds. He took the collar first. Wrapped it around Saxon’s neck. Latched it. Then the blindfold. And then he spread Saxon open, slow, dragging his fingers between the cheeks before spitting and pushing three fingers inside all at once. Saxon screamed. Cain growled, “Take it.” “Fuck—Cain—” “Take every inch, Saxon. Every piece of me. Let them see what I do to you.” Saxon was shaking, moaning, the leather creaking beneath him as he squirmed. Cain replaced his fingers with the fat, blunt head of his cock. No warning. He slammed in. Saxon choked on air, the collar tightening as his body jerked forward. Cain held him in place with one hand on the back of his neck and fucked him hard, without rhythm, without sanity—just pounding, furious, raw thrusts. He was taking Saxon. Claiming him. Not for Don Vincente. Not for the cameras. For himself. “Mine,” Cain snarled. “Even if they leak every inch of you to the world, you’ll still crawl back to me.” Saxon moaned into the bench. “Yes—yes—I’ll always come back—” Cain grabbed the chain between the collar and yanked. “Louder.” “I’m yours—I’m fucking yours—break me—ruin me—” Cain lost it. He pulled out, flipped Saxon onto his back, wrists still bound, body shaking—and then shoved back inside, holding his hips in a bruising grip. Saxon arched. Sweat dripped down his chest. Cain kissed him—hard, filthy, tongue shoved in deep. They fucked like the world had ended. Saxon came untouched, face twisted in something between agony and devotion. Cain followed seconds later, biting into Saxon’s chest, spilling inside him so deep it felt like his soul bled out too. They collapsed on the padded mat. Breathless. Ruined. Safe. For now. — 08:45 A.M. Cain cleaned Saxon in silence. Unbound him slowly. Unbuckled the collar. Kissed the bruises. “You okay?” he whispered. Saxon stared up at him with the softest eyes. “I’ve never felt more alive.” Cain pulled him close. “I’ll protect you. Even if it kills me.” Saxon nodded. But somewhere deep inside his chest… He knew Cain was already dying. Piece by piece. Because love wasn’t enough to stop a war. — 10:00 A.M. Unknown Location Don Vincente leaned back in his chair, replaying the latest feed with a pleased smile. “They’re cracking,” he said. Rena, seated beside him, sipped from her wine. “He’ll kill you if you get close,” she said. Vincente chuckled. “He won’t get the chance.” He turned the monitor off. “And when I finally touch Saxon…” His voice turned molten. “He’ll beg for more.” Rena didn’t smile. She looked at the screen once more. And whispered, “We’ll see.” — 12:01 P.M. Cain didn’t flinch when the knock came. He was already by the door—gun in hand, knife at his ankle, Glock tucked at the base of his spine. The safehouse wasn’t on any map. Not satellite, not private ledger, not even in Vincente’s own network. Whoever had the balls to show up here knew what they were doing. Cain opened the door. Nothing. Just a single black box on the concrete, sealed with blood-red wax. No name. No return address. Just a sticker on the top with one word in block capitals: STAY BROKEN. Cain’s stomach coiled like a spring. He took it inside. Opened it slow. And inside— A copy of the sex video, printed and paused at Saxon’s face mid-orgasm, a single, bloody bullet casing and a slip of paper with Saxon’s real name—Elias Angelo Dantes—written in looping cursive. And then slashed through in thick, black ink. Like a death notice. Cain’s grip crushed the edge of the casing. His vision went white. Saxon stepped out from the hallway, shirt halfway on, lips still bruised from last night’s bite marks. He took one look at Cain’s face and froze. “What is it?” Cain didn’t speak. He just held the paper out. Saxon took it. Read it once. Then again. His face went blank. “You told me no one knew,” he whispered. “They shouldn’t have,” Cain said tightly. “Your name was buried years ago. Erased from every federal, medical, and state archive. Only two people ever had access.” Saxon looked up. “You and—” Cain finished it. “Vincente.”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