She was strung up like a sacrifice—wrists bound tight with leather cuffs to the iron hook above, eyes blindfolded with black silk, her naked body on full trembling display for him. The room stank of sex, sweat, fear.
Kane stood in front of her, dark and unmoving, a flogger hanging from his hand. The leather strips kissed the ground, waiting.
Her nipples were clamped viciously, red and swollen around the metal, the connecting chain tugging with every tremor of her body. Her thighs glistened with slick. Her cheeks were streaked with tears and sweat. And still, she was fucking gorgeous.
He stepped close, his feet heavy against the floor. She whimpered when he grabbed her jaw roughly, forcing her to meet his cold eyes.
"You’ll take everything I give you, Castelle. You’ll scream, you’ll cry, you’ll fucking thank me for it."
She shook her head weakly, and he just laughed—a cruel, broken sound.
He stepped back, drew his arm back—and crack.
The flogger struck across her breasts, the clamps jerking painfully.
A strangled sob broke from her throat.
Another strike.
Then another.
He lashed her five brutal times across her tits, watching her body twist and writhe, sweat beading on her skin, her mouth open in a silent scream.
He didn’t stop there.
He moved lower, flogging her stomach, her hips, the tender insides of her thighs—ten, fifteen times until her body was shaking like a leaf in a storm, covered in angry red welts.
"Count," he ordered, striking again.
"O-one," she choked out.
"Good girl," he sneered, giving her two more lashes across her inner thighs, so close to her dripping cunt she jerked violently.
When he was satisfied with the marks, he dropped the flogger and grabbed a small vibrator, switching it on with a low, menacing buzz.
Her eyes widened. She shook her head.
"No? You don't get to say no," he growled, fisting her hair and shoving the vibrator violently against her clit.
She screamed.
Her body jolted, hips thrashing wildly, but he kept it there, relentless. She was soaking wet, her juices dripping down her thighs, humiliating and raw.
He worked her to the edge once—twice—three times.
Every time she was about to break, about to fall over into pleasure, he ripped it away.
She sobbed, tears falling freely, her cunt clenching helplessly in the air.
"Please," she gasped, voice raw. "Please, Master Kane... let me.....let me come."
He grabbed her by the throat—not tight, just a warning—and stared into her broken, beautiful face.
"You'll come when I say," he hissed. "Not before. Never before."
He edged her five times before he showed mercy.
On the sixth time, he shoved two fingers into her dripping cunt without warning, curling them cruelly, while slamming the vibrator against her clit.
She broke apart with a raw, animalistic scream, body spasming helplessly in the cuffs.
Her orgasm was violent. Her slick gushed over his hand, soaking his wrist and forearm, dripping to the floor.
Kane groaned darkly, stepping back to admire the wreckage.
But he wasn’t done.
He freed his cock from his pants—thick, angry, dripping—and fisted it lazily as he looked at her wrecked body.
Still trembling. Still crying.
He stroked himself slowly, imagining bending her over and slamming into her bruised, used body, fucking her until she couldn’t walk, couldn’t think, couldn’t breathe without remembering him.
He didn’t fuck her in the dream—but not because he didn’t want to.
Because the next time, he would fuck her awake. Make her beg to be ruined.
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Kane jolted awake with a growl, his cock rock-hard and leaking against his stomach.
He shoved the covers off, storming into the bathroom, switching the shower to ice-cold.
Didn’t fucking matter.
He braced his hand against the wall and wrapped the other around his cock, pumping it viciously. In his mind, it was her mouth on him—those broken lips wrapped around his length, tears sliding down her cheeks as she gagged and drooled all over him.
"Castelle," he snarled, hips jerking, cock throbbing in his fist.
One, two more brutal strokes—and he came hard with a hoarse shout, shooting his release against the tile.
His body slumped forward, panting.
Still, it wasn’t enough.
He needed her for real.
He needed to bend her to his will, to fucking own her until she didn’t even remember her own name.
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Kane didn’t bother cleaning up properly. He wiped his cock with the towel, tossed it aside, and yanked on a pair of loose sweatpants. His skin still burned, his muscles tight from the dream.
It wasn’t fucking enough.
His fists clenched and unclenched at his sides as he stalked out of the bathroom, his bare feet silent against the polished floorboards.
The house was dead quiet. Everyone knew better than to roam this part of the estate at night.
Good. He was not in the fucking mood to explain himself.
He pushed open the heavy double doors to his bedroom, and there she was—
Castelle.
Sleeping like some wounded animal, curled up small on his massive bed, in one of his dark shirts that barely covered her up, this was pure torture. The swell of her breast peeking out and her nipples—he reached out his fingers and grazed the nipples and the reaction made him happy. They stood upright like they knew who they were for—Master Kane.
His throat worked painfully.
The shirt barely covered her thighs. Her bare legs were exposed, bruised and tender. Her wrists still bore faint red marks from the rope ties Kareen mentioned to him earlier. Her hair was a messy halo around her face. Her mouth was slightly open, soft whimpers spilling from her even in sleep.
She was so fucking breakable.
So his.
He leaned back from the bed like a predator, looming over her, watching the steady rise and fall of her battered chest. His hands itched — fuck, they itched — to reach for the drawer beside the bed, pull out the leather cuffs he kept there, and shackle her wrists to the iron headboard.
To chain her there.
Make her truly belong to him. Keep her forever.
No escape. No running. No more fucking fear.
Just her, naked and bound, waiting for whatever dark mercy he decided to give.
He exhaled slowly, raggedly, forcing himself to back away.
He couldn’t.
Not like this.
Not when she hadn’t given herself willingly yet.
But one day — soon — she would.
He wasn’t going to ask.
He wasn’t going to plead.
He was going to take.
Castelle stirred in her sleep, a faint whimper escaping her lips.
Kane's hands fisted by his sides again, fighting the savage need to climb into that bed, shove her onto her back, and teach her who the fuck she belonged to.
Instead, he turned on his heel and stormed back out, slamming the door behind him slightly.
Downstairs, he poured himself another glass of whiskey, the liquid sloshing violently over the rim.
He needed a fucking plan.
Because Castelle wasn’t just a pretty, broken thing anymore.
She was his addiction, His fucking obsession.
And he needed to own her, and that too, very fast
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The mood in the office was sharp, charged. Kane sat at the head of the dark marble table, his shirt rolled up at the sleeves, revealing veins taut with tension and tattoos winding like smoke. Matteo leaned against the corner with arms crossed, Lucien sat across from Leo, who clacked away on his laptop.Vincent Salvatore, tall and still regal despite his years, sipped espresso with a grim expression."Armir’s convoy moves in twenty minutes," Leo reported, spinning his screen to show the live drone feed. “Route's been confirmed. Three vans. Women and children crammed in, guarded by ten armed men.”Lucien growled. “He’s breaking the Beltforte Code. Again.”“Not just breaking it,” Kane muttered, voice low and lethal. “He’s pissing on it.”Vincent narrowed his eyes. “We’ve kept the city clean of that filth for decades. If we let this slide—”“We won’t.” Kane stood, chair scraping back with finality. “We intercept. Kill the guards. Extract the victims. No harm co
Castelle stepped into the room, her eyes wide, her movements slow—as if the weight of what she’d just heard had knocked the air from her lungs. She wasn’t looking at anyone in particular when she whispered, voice trembling:“Why... why hurt the one I love?”The silence that followed was thick and heavy. Her gaze dropped, and then she collapsed to her knees, shoulders shaking as tears spilled freely down her cheeks. Her sobs weren’t loud, but raw and aching—like something breaking deep within her.“She thinks I’ll walk away,” Castelle choked, almost to herself. “Because of the things she said about him…”Around her, eyes softened—some with pity, others with stunned disbelief. No one had expected her to stay. No one had expected her to love him—at all.They were shocked by the strength of her grief. The fierce loyalty in her heartbreak. And yet, beneath that admiration was sorrow—because they knew. They felt it.Whatever progress Kane had made—every fragile piece of he
The heavy double doors of the Salvatore mansion creaked open at dawn, revealing a woman wrapped in black silk and haughty disdain—Delilah Salvatore. Her heels clicked ominously against the marble as she strode into the dining hall like she still owned the place.The long table was occupied. Kane’s usual position at the head sat empty.She scanned the room, eyes narrowing.“Where is he?” she asked, voice cold and cutting. “Don’t tell me that monster is curled up in bed with some slut.”The room went quiet.Forks paused. Mouths stilled. Eyes dropped.Except Kareen’s.“Don’t you dare,” Kareen said, rising slowly. “Don’t you dare curse my boy—or the woman of his.”Delilah’s head snapped toward her. “Love?” she spat. “He doesn’t know how to love! And you—" she rose with venom, storming toward Kareen, "you’ve always been a weak excuse for a mafia woman!”She raised her hand—smack.The slap echoed like thunder.Kareen didn’t blink.But the table exploded.Chairs scraped. Vincen
"You're mine now, kitten," Kane whispered, dragging his tongue slowly from the small of Castelle's back to the nape of her neck. He peppered soft kisses along her spine, his breath hot and possessive.With a firm grip, he spun her around to face him. One hand tangled in her hair, yanking it back sharply so her head tilted up to meet his gaze. The strain on her neck and throat was unbearable, but Kane didn’t care—he drank in her discomfort like it was his lifeblood.His lips crashed into hers in a brutal kiss—claiming, devouring, biting—until she tasted blood. She barely caught her breath before he flipped her back around. Her chest slammed against the desk, and the cold wood met the side of her face as he pressed her cheek harshly into the surface.A sharp sting landed across her backside when she tried to lift her head.“Keep still,” he growled, spanking her again—this time harder. The pain bloomed fast and hot.He trailed his fingers along the curve of her ass, teasing between her t
Upstairs in Castelle's room…Kareen sat on the edge of the bed beside Castelle, who lay curled into herself like a wilted flower.She gently brushed the hair from her face, eyes filled with sorrow and a rare tenderness.“You’re safe darling,” she whispered, reaching for a glass of water. “Here, drink something, okay?”Castelle didn’t respond at first, just stared blankly at the wall. Her shoulders were still twitching. Kareen slipped in beside her, wrapping her arms around her from behind.“It’s okay to shake,” she murmured. “It’s okay to be scared. You’ve carried more than anyone should. But you’re not alone anymore.”Castelle leaned into the warmth, slowly taking the water with shaky hands. She drank, then turned and buried her head into Kareen’s chest, sobbing like a child who had waited too long to be held.And Kareen held her. No judgment. No questions.Just the quiet, fierce comfort of a mother who had once failed—but wouldn’t fail this one. Her hear wou
The office door shut with a quiet click, but it sounded like a gunshot in the silence that followed. Castelle sat on the long velvet couch, hands locked tightly together in her lap, bouncing knees betraying the storm inside her.Kane stood before her, and beside him were Lucien, Matteo, and Vincent—his father. All of them were as still as shadows.The cactus card lay on the desk, its cruel words bleeding tension into the air.“You don’t have to be afraid,” Kane said softly. “But I need you to talk.”Castelle inhaled sharply. Her fingers twisted together as if trying to wring out the pain.“My brother—Rem—he was the only person who loved me,” she began. “He was the sun in that house. He shielded me from everything until… they took him.”“They?” Lucien asked darkly.“Our parents,” she whispered. “They never loved us. Not truly. But they loved using us. Rem… he died. Some say it was an accident. I think— I know it wasn’t.”She paused, her eyes swelling with tears she refused to