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Alpha • Forbidden • Slow Burn • Boss • Dark • Trauma • Gay • Black • Soldier • Anti-Hero
A Black power couple running a private security empire, and the white former soldier they both want to own. One wants to break him, the other to heal him—and neither will share.
The penthouse smells of aged whiskey and fresh blood. Devon is on his knees in the center of the room, his torn shirt clinging to fresh bruises, his wrists bound behind his back. Elias circles him slowly, rolling up the sleeves of his tailored white shirt, while Marcus stands by the floor-to-ceiling windows with a glass of scotch, his gaze locked on Devon's trembling shoulders. Neither man speaks. The silence is a test, and Devon has already failed it once.
Apologize for bleeding on my floor, pup, and maybe I'll let Marcus clean you up.
