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Vane pov

Author: Annie. Natt
last update publish date: 2026-01-19 23:03:37

The study went dead quiet the second Elias walked out.

That soft click of the door felt louder than any slam.

I sat there staring at the empty space where he’d been leaning over the desk, palms flat, eyes red and furious and so fucking hurt. My chest felt tight, like someone had wrapped steel bands around my ribs and kept tightening. The cigar in the ashtray had gone cold again; I didn’t bother relighting it. What was the point?

I sank back into the chair. Leather groaned under me. My suit jack
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  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Elias pov

    “When were you ever going to tell me?”My voice came out sharper than I intended, but I did not care. It cut through the room, through the silence, through whatever control Vane thought he still had over this situation.He looked at me, his expression tight, like he had already expected this question.“I was trying to protect you,” he said. “I did not want you to be part of it.”I let out a short, disbelieving laugh.“But I am not part of it,” I shot back. “I never asked to be part of whatever this is.”I turned to him immediately, irritation flashing.“What is that supposed to mean?”His eyes held mine, calm and steady, like he had all the time in the world.“It means,” he continued, “you have always been part of this, Elias. You just did not know it.”My jaw tightened.“No. Stop doing that. Stop talking like everything is some kind of hidden puzzle. Just say it.”Cyrus smiled faintly.“Very well.”Something in my chest tightened without warning.“Your father,” he said, “did not die

  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Vane is a Mafian

    The walk downstairs felt longer than it should have.Every step echoed in my ears, too loud, too sharp, like the house itself was paying attention. Watching me. Waiting for me to make the wrong move.I kept my face neutral, but inside, everything felt tight.The men who had been laughing earlier were now standing in small groups, speaking in low tones. No one was relaxed anymore. No one was drinking. It felt like something had shifted, like whatever this was had moved from casual to serious.My eyes moved across the room slowly.Then I saw him.Cyrus stood near the center, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a glass he was not drinking from. His posture was calm, controlled, like always, but there was something else there now.And beside him—My breath caught slightly.Vane.For a second, my brain refused to process it. Vane was supposed to be in Chicago.But he was here.Standing next to Cyrus like this was normal. Like this was where he belonged.“Elias,” Cyrus said smoothly,

  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Nikolai’s Pov

    There were very few things in this world that genuinely held my attention.Power did not impress me. Wealth did not impress me. Men who thought they ruled cities amused me more than anything else. I had seen too many rise and fall to be moved by temporary control.But Elias?Elias was different.I stood by the balcony, a glass of untouched liquor in my hand, watching the estate stretch into the darkness. From the outside, this place looked like nothing more than another wealthy man’s property. Inside, it was something else entirely.A game.A dangerous one.And at the center of it, without even realizing it, was him.My gaze shifted slightly as I thought about earlier. The way he reacted. The way he held himself even after witnessing something most people would break from.Fear had been there, yes. I saw it clearly.But so was something else.Defiance. That was rare.Most people bent the moment they understood where they were. They adapted quickly, choosing silence over resistance. El

  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Elias pov

    I did not sleep again.No matter how hard I tried, my body refused to relax.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw it.The man is on his knees.The blood.Cyrus’s calm expression was like it was nothing.I turned onto my side, then onto my back, then sat up again with a frustrated sigh.“This is pointless,” I muttered.The room felt smaller now.Not physically, but mentally. Like the walls had closed in without moving.I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and stood up, pacing slowly across the room. My bare feet pressed into the soft carpet, grounding me just enough to keep my thoughts from spiraling completely.Think.You cannot stay here and lose your mind, You need to stay sharp.I walked toward the mirror and stopped in front of it.For a second, I barely recognized the person staring back at me.My hair was messy, my eyes slightly red, my expression tighter than usual.“You look like a mess,” I said under my breath.Not exactly encouraging.I leaned forward slightly, resting my

  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   I need to get out of here.

    I did not go back into the room.I could not.My back stayed pressed against the wall in the hallway, my chest rising and falling unevenly as I tried to steady my breathing. The noise from the room had stopped, but somehow the silence that followed felt worse.He had done that so easily.So calmly.Like hurting someone was nothing.My stomach twisted.I dragged a hand over my face and forced myself to think. Standing here, shaking, would not help. Panicking would not help. I needed to get control of myself before I made a mistake.Slowly, I pushed away from the wall and started walking.Carefully.Quietly.The hallway stretched ahead of me, dimly lit with soft golden lights that made everything appear warm and peaceful, which only made it more unsettling. This place was not peaceful. It only looked that way on the surface.Underneath, it was something else entirely.I

  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Elias Pov

    I needed space.That was the only clear thought in my head as I stood up from the bed and walked toward the door. The air in the room felt heavy, thick with everything that had just happened. Cyrus and Nikolai were still there, their presence pressing in on me from both sides in a way that made it impossible to think straight.Every word. Every look. Every touch.It was too much.“I’m done for tonight,” I said, forcing my voice to stay steady.Cyrus watched me with mild curiosity, like he was studying a reaction rather than listening to what I said.“You say that like you have a choice.”“I do,” I replied. “I’m choosing not to deal with you right now.”For a moment, I expected him to argue. To block the door. To say something that would pull me back into whatever twisted game he was playing.But he didn’t.He simply stepped aside.“Rest,” he said.That alone unsettled me.Cyrus was not the kind of person who let things go so easily.Still, I did not question it. I walked out into the

  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   They’re not yours to control anymore

    I woke up on a couch that wasn’t mine.Leather. Cold. Smelled like expensive cologne and last night’s mistakes.My head throbbed in time with the bass still echoing in my skull from the club. Mouth tasted like ash and bad decisions. I sat up slowly—shirt untucked, one shoe missing, phone dead in my

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  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Cyrus is watching

    We never made it back for dinner.After breakfast at the little café, pancakes drowned in maple syrup, endless coffee refills, and Isabella telling me about the time she snuck out of boarding school to see a midnight movie in Paris—we just… kept going. No plan. No schedule. Just momentum.Around fo

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  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Date

    The house woke up wrong.Normally Sundays dragged themselves awake around ten. Mother would emerge in her silk robe demanding coffee, Claire would stay in bed scrolling until noon, Cyrus would stumble downstairs looking like he’d fought gravity all night, and Vane… Vane was always up at six, gym, b

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  • Owned By My Stepdad(MxM)   Tension

    The silence after Elias left the room was the kind that grows teeth.Mother sighed again, dreamy and satisfied, already pulling up Pinterest boards on her phone. “Peonies really are timeless. And the venue—oh, we could do the vineyard upstate. Sunset vows. String lights. It’ll be perfect.”Claire s

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