MasukJack POV
Then he kissed me. His lips were strong. Held onto mine like he was trying to take all of my
mouth. I was shocked and angry. I hated it. I fought to pull my head away but he held me still.
He was really strong.
He reached down. His hands went inside my pants. Grabbed my backside. His fingers pushed
hard against me slipping into the tight opening. "Please stop! I don’t want this!" I begged,. He
didn’t listen. I was really scared.
“I hate you!" I whispered,. That did not make him change. He just kept going.
“How about you hate me more?" he said. He pulled down his pants, showing me his large, hard
penis. I stared at how huge it was in shock. I couldn’t believe it.
He saw my face. His smile got bigger like he had won a big fight. He moved his weight onto me
pushing me down onto the mattress. The springs made a loud complaining sound under the
pressure. I couldn’t move my arms and his body felt heavy like a rock pressing all the air out of
me. I was really struggling.
He didn’t waste time. He pressed his hips forward. The first touch was an awful stretch. It hurt
deeply, like something tearing, as his hard length forced its way into the space. I yelled out—a
sharp sound that was half pain and half surprise. I was really hurting.
He kept pushing ignoring my cry. He was breathing hard and fast. I squeezed my eyes shut tight
trying to leave that dusty room in my mind. I tried to think of anything, the sky, clean air, anything
that wasn't this terrible feeling. I couldn't escape.
He kept moving, never stopping, until a big shudder ran through his body. He let out a sigh of
relief and then collapsed, his whole weight resting heavily on my stomach. I was really relieved
it was over.
The quiet after the sounds stopped was almost worse. His breathing was loud and ragged. He
didn’t look at my face. He just leaned his forehead against mine, acting like this was normal, like
a moment between two people. It was really weird.
He lifted his weight a little bit so I could take a small painful breath.
“That wasn’t so bad, was it, Jack?" he mumbled, his voice thick from his effort. I hated him.
Ryan finally got up. He moved off me. The relief of his weight leaving was instant but everything
still hurt too much. I could barely breathe right.
He pulled his pants up fast. He didn’t look at me with any care. He just gave an order. "Get up.
Go clean yourself," he said. Unchained me. I was really sore.
I didn't argue. I couldn’t. My whole body felt sore and heavy like I was walking through mud.
Even sitting up was work. My muscles screamed when I stood. I was really struggling.
The bathroom was tiny. I turned the water on high making it as hot as I could stand. The steam
rose up fast trying to cover me. I needed to wash to scrub off the feeling of him. I wanted to get
clean.
The hot water didn’t fix the deep hurt inside. When I moved carefully to wash myself a sharp
stinging pain shot through me. I bent over under the spray trying to be gentle. It was no use.
The place he had forced his way into was red. Felt bruised. I couldn't look down; the pain told
me everything I needed to know. I was really hurting.
That’s when the bathroom door shook hard.
“Jack? Are you taking forever?" Ryan’s voice sounded loud. Muffled through the door. I was
scared.
“Almost done, " I called out, my voice cracking. I turned the water hotter wishing the noise could
hide me. I was really trying to hide.
The shaking stopped. Then came a crash.
I froze against the tile wall. I knew the lock was weak. It wouldn't keep him out. I was really
scared.
The door flew open with a bang hitting the sink. Ryan stood there, already wet from the steam,
wearing his shirt. He looked angry and hungry again his body hard and ready. I was really
terrified.
The small room filled with steam, soap, and a scary kind of heat. He walked into the shower
space with me not caring about the water. He was really strong.
He grabbed my wrist hard—the one that was tied up before. He pulled my arm away from my
body. The sudden movement made the pain inside me flare up. I gasped, leaning toward him
just to stay standing. I was really hurting.
“You think you can hide from me in here?" he asked, his voice very low and mean. He kept
holding my chin forcing my head up so I had to look right at him. I was really scared.
“Look at me, Jack," he told me. "Look at what you make me do." His other hand moved, taking
his penis and pushing the tip against my bottom lip. I was really terrified.
A deep shiver went through me. It was fear, mixed with terrible sadness. My legs felt like jelly; I
thought I might fall down. I was really struggling.
“Take it " he whispered. It wasn't a request. "You hated me before. Show me how much you hate
me now. Take it all in Jack. Do it now." I was really scared.
My throat closed up. My whole mind screamed no. I remembered how strong he was and what
he did when I fought. Fighting would only bring trouble. I was really trapped.
Shivering terribly I slowly bent my head. I knew I had to do it. I opened my mouth. He was huge,
close, and scary. I didn't want this. I moved forward, taking him in, pretending it was something
else, like just warm water or just some bad taste. I was really hurting.
My whole body shook hard as I forced myself to do what he commanded drawing him in.
Jack POVEvery morning at eight they moved me to the dining room.Not roughly. Not with hands on my arms or voices raised. Just a quiet knock and a polite instruction from whoever was on door duty. The room will be cleaned now. Please come with me.I always went without argument.Not because I was compliant. Because the dining room had a window that faced the front gate and the kitchen had staff who talked to each other the way people talk when they think nobody important is listening.I was never important enough for people to guard their words around.Stone City had taught me that too.Be small enough and people forget to be careful.So every morning while my room was being cleaned I sat at the long dining table with a cup of tea I didn't always drink and I listened to the kitchen staff move around each other. Their rhythms. Their conversations. The way they went quiet when certain people passed through and loose when others did.I learned things in that dining room that the floor a
Ryan POVMorrow called at six in the morning.I was already awake. Already dressed. Already three steps ahead of whatever he thought he was going to say.I let it ring twice before I answered."Thompson." His voice carried that particular quality I had always disliked about him. Smooth on the surface. Slippery underneath. Like a stone that looks solid until you put your weight on it."Morrow," I replied."I think we need to talk.""We are talking."A pause. He hadn't expected that. He wanted a meeting. Wanted to sit across from me and read my face and calculate how much I knew versus how much he could still hide.He wasn't going to get that."In person," he said. "There are developments.""There are always developments," I replied. "Tell me."Another pause. Longer.I waited.Patience was a weapon most people didn't recognize as one. They expected power to be loud. To move fast. To fill rooms with noise and pressure.Real power waits.Real power lets the other man talk first."Castella
Jack POVI had a new routine.Nobody taught it to me. Nobody assigned it. I built it myself the way I had always built everything — quietly, carefully, out of necessity.Wake before the mansion does. Lie still and listen to the building settle into its morning. Count the footsteps in the corridor. Identify each one by weight and rhythm. The heavy even pace was Dante. The lighter quicker steps belonged to the young guard they called Ren. The slow deliberate walk that made the whole corridor feel smaller was Ryan.I always knew when Ryan was coming.After breakfast I would move to the window. Not to look for escape routes anymore. I had stopped measuring the perimeter wall with hungry eyes. Now I watched the people. The way the guards spoke to each other. Who deferred to whom. Who stood straighter when certain vehicles arrived. What kinds of men came through those gates and what kinds left.Information.That was my currency now.Ryan had taken everything else. My freedom. My choices. My
Ryan POVI gave him one day.One day to sit with what happened. To feel the weight of being caught twice. To understand quietly and completely that the perimeter of this estate was not a suggestion.Then I went to him.I knocked once. Not because I needed permission. Because I wanted him to hear me coming."Come in," he said.His voice was flat. Controlled. The voice of someone who had decided to stop showing me what they felt.I respected that more than I expected to.I opened the door and stepped inside.He was sitting on the floor.Not the bed. Not the chair. The floor. Back against the wall beneath the window. Knees drawn up. He had pushed the expensive rug to one side like it offended him and chosen the bare marble instead.I looked at him for a moment without speaking.He looked back without flinching.There were shadows beneath his eyes. He hadn't been sleeping properly. The untouched breakfast tray on the table told me he hadn't been eating properly either. But his eyes were s
Ryan POVI don't sleep much.Never have.Sleep requires a kind of surrender I was never built for. In my world the moment you close your eyes completely is the moment someone decides to test you. So I learned early to rest lightly. To keep one part of my mind awake even in the dark.That night I sat in my study long after the meeting ended.The room was quiet. Bookshelves lined three walls floor to ceiling. A single lamp burned on the desk. Outside the window the estate grounds were still. Guards moved in their patterns. Cameras blinked their slow red rhythm.Everything in order.Everything controlled.I poured two fingers of whiskey and didn't drink it. Just held the glass and thought.Castellano was escalating. That much was clear. Two hits in one month meant he was no longer probing. He was pushing. Testing the edges of my patience the way a man tests ice before he decides whether to walk across it.He would find out soon enough what was underneath.I set the glass down.My mind mo
Jack POVThree days.That's how long I had been inside this place without stepping beyond the corridor outside my room.Ryan didn't say I was confined. He didn't need to. The guard posted outside my door said it clearly enough. The way meals appeared three times a day without me asking said it. The way no one spoke to me directly unless I spoke first said it.I was a kept thing.I sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the ceiling. It was high and white and clean. Everything here was clean. The sheets smelled like something expensive. The towels were thick. The bathroom had hot water that actually stayed hot.I hated how much I noticed these things.Back in Stone City I used to dream about a room with a door that locked properly. Now I had a room with a door that locked from the outside and I would have given anything to be back in that unfinished building near the railway line.At least there the cage was open.I stood up. Moved to the window.The estate spread out below me like a







