LOGINElias POV
——— "Elias,“ he said, his voice low with a hint of danger in his tone. "Who texted you.“ I didn't move. My footsteps frozen in fright. My wrists still burned from the cuffs. Red bruises marred my wrists. The phone in my hand with unknown R's text glowing on the screen. Alessio stood in the door way. He turned back to look at me, he had a dark grin on his face which made my lips move in hesitant fear. His smile drooped in anger at my actions. Alessio's jaw ticked. A muscle twitched there. He strode towards me. His hand gripped my chin. Fingers digging into my cheeks. "When I talk, I expect you to answer me,“ Alessio whispered low into my ear. I turned my chin to escape his grip. which I immediately regretted because his fingers only dug in more, hurting my cheeks. He pushed my chin away roughly. My neck snapped slightly due to the force. A black velvet box rolled into my sight. I glanced up at him confusion written over my face. Alessio looked at me with an expressionless face. I picked it up. My hands shook slightly. Terrified of whatever was in it. I opened it, to reveal a ring. Plantinum. Heavy with a think band. On the face was a crest of a lion eating snake. Alessio took the ring from the box. Grabbed my wrists me, the force pulled me up. I shook his hand off my wrist. He forced it down my ring finger. I shook my fingers frantically in pain. The metal was cold. Too tight. It scraped my skin. Blood welled under the band. He didn't stop until it hit my knuckle. I gasp loudly. The pain was sharp, it made my brain numb. "There," Alessio beamed a insane smile like a lunatic. He did not let go. His thumb smeared the blood across the crest. "It looks just right on you.“ "Stop please—“ "No,“ His eyes were dark. No humane emotion in them. "You thought the cuffs were punishment, Elias? That was me being patient. But it seems you don't need that.“ "N-No please don't.“ I let out, voice trembling in fear. He shoved me back. Falling onto the bed, my face hitting the sheets, Silky white sheets blinding my sight. Arms gripped my arms, caging them behind my back. "He wants to use you," Alessio said. The sound of him in buckling his belt, sent me into a state of panic. Thrashing my body around trying escape his hold. The leather hissed. "So I'm going to ruin you first. So there nothing left for anyone to take.“ My heart lurched in my throat. Panic exploding in my chest. "Alessio, don't—“ His hand gripped my throat before I finished. "You're not a person to him," he whispered against my ear. "You're a weapon. So I'm going to blunt you.“ His other hand dug into my hair, gripping it tightly. Yanked my head back harshly. My scalp tingling in pain. "You're my property,“ His voice sent chills down my body. "And I do whatever I want with my property.“ The belt hit the floor. Alessio got on the bed. Placing himself between my legs, spreading them apart. I whimpered silently. He tore open my pants, ripping apart the fabric. Troy had told me how sex between men worked and how painful it could be. But experiencing it firsthand— with him— made my body go weak and I scrambled my body upward in panic. His fingers grabbed my left leg, holding it down. Alessio's grip on my hips tightened, showing his anger, and without mercy. Pain ripped through me. He didn't stop. Alessio was merciless on me, his grip on my hips deepening. A scream ripped out of me. "It hurts. Please stop. It hurts. P-please!!!" The bed frame cracked with each brutal snap of his hips. He pulled out and turned me over onto my back. He bent down now half on top of me, his fingers tracing my wet cheeks. I turned my face to avoid looking at him. He turned my face and patted my cheeks roughly. "Look at me, Elias. If there's one thing I hate is being ignored when I talk.“ I looked at him through teary eyes and nodded fearfully. "Good boy. Relax for me now. I won't stop what I started. Do as I say so it won't hurt you, Elias.“ Alessio said in a much softer voice different from his commanding tone earlier. He pushed inside me. I closed my eyes and bit the inside of my mouth to lessen the pain I felt down there. Alessio kept moving roughly. The only sound I could hear was Alessio heavy breathing besides my ear. Alessio straightened himself up. Pulled his length out of me, he stepped off the bed. He then grabbed my right ankle and pulled me towards the edge of the bed. "Open your eyes Elias, I said open your eyes, Elias.“ And with that, he thrust himself roughly back, pounding me mercilessly. "Ah... ah... ah... AHHHH! "AHH... AHH... AH... ah... Stop... s-stop, I can't... "That's it. That's it. Elias, look at me.... Cum for me,“Alessio's voice sent shivers through me as he took deep, laboured breaths. The uncontrollable thrusts made me spill out moans involuntarily. The pain was white. My eyes rolled into my head passing out. _______ I woke up to the sight of Alessio adjusting his tie. My face pressed on the sheet, cheeks sticky with some unknown liquid, I didn't know if it was my tears or something else. Everywhere hurts. My wrists, throat. Between my legs ached like I it had been rammed into. Alessio crouched down next to me. Dressed again. Like nothing happened. "Get away from me.“ Scrambling back in fear. He took something from his pocket. Before tossing it next to me. It was a plug. Metal and thick, with the Morreti crest on the flat base. "So you don't leak on my floor,“ Alessio said. His voice flat. "Put it on, or I will.“ A wave of disgust ran through me, his attitude made bile rise in my throat. I vomited, nothing came up. Just Air. Alessio watched me, like I was making a foolery of myself. He walked to the door. "Clean yourself up,“ he said. "Then the books. You have work to do. And Elias?“ I didn't answer. My body paralyzed with pain. "If you take off the ring, I take something else. Try me.“ He said nothing else, just shut the door. The silence in the room suffocated me. I layed on the bed, blood between my thighs, staining the bed. I looked ruined and battered. My hands was numb. I flexed it and something crinkled in my pocket. I pulled it out, a small note which wasn't there before My blood ran cold at the words written on them. No one spoke. The air felt frozen Alessio stood at the doorway. Roman stood between Elias and the exit. Elias stood with his back to the sink, caged.Three seconds. That was all it took for the bathroom to almost become a battlefield.Roman spoke first. “Knock next time, brother.”Alessio didn’t look at him. His eyes were on the way Elias's hands were white-knuckled against the porcelain. “I don’t knock in my house,” Alessio said. His voice was low with a quiet rage in it. “Especially when something of mine is missing from the table.”Something. Not someone.Elias stilled. His stomach lurched at the wayAlessio referred to him. Roman smirked lightly.“He’s not a fork, Alessio. You can’t just claim him.”Alessio stepped inside. The door stayed open behind him.“He works for me,“ Alessio's gaze never left Roman. "That's all you need to remember.“Elias finally found his voice. “Excuse me, I’m—”“Quiet.” Alessio didn’t
The dining room smelled like rosemary and gun oil.Elias had already seen several cameras between the front door and the dining room. Multiple guards lined up.There was no way he could leave without Alessio knowing. He stood behind Alessio’s chair.His hands clasped, suddenly Alessio pulled his wrist, sitting him down on a chair. The document was gone, Alessio had already slid it into his pocket without checking.Elias could still feel where it had been hidden, though there was nothing there now. Nothing except Alessio’s eyes on him, as though he were still searching for something else Elias might be hiding. “Elias sits with me,” Alessio said. His voice was flat. "Alessio, he isn't family,“ Aunt Marisol mentioned with a sharp tone.Alessio adjusted his cuffs without saying anything. Vito Moretti cleared his throat. Aunt Marisol looked at towards him trying to say something, his cold face made Aunt Marisol's words die in her throat
The air inside the office turned suffocating.Elias instinctively stepped back, slipping the document behind his back. The folded paper clung to his damp palm. Alessio’s dark eyes landed on Elias. Not on his face but lower. At the angle of his elbow. The unnatural way his shoulder was drawn back.Did he see it?Elias steadied his breathing. He kept his left hand loose at his side. Normal. Nothing to hide.Alessio strode towards him with slow, deliberate steps.Each one seemed to echo through the room. "Elias."His deep voice cut through the silence.Elias nearly jumped."Yes, sir?""Come here."Alessio extended a hand.Not requesting. Cold sweat trickled down Elias's spine.His fingers tightened around the document hidden behind him.If Alessio discovered what he was holding...The distance between them shrank.One more step.Then another.Alessio's gaze dropped. Not quite behind Elias's back. At his waist. At the way his jacket pulled wrong.His eyes na
For the first time since signing the contract, Elias was alone The silence inside the penthouse felt unusually quiet. No orders. No threats. No dark eyes following his every movement. Alessio had left nearly an hour ago, and the absence of his presence should have been comforting. Instead, it felt wrong. Dangerous. Like the calm before a storm. Elias sat at the desk staring at the note folded between his fingers. The words hadn't changed no matter how many times he reread them. The message wasn't what unsettled him. It was the fact that someone had slipped the note into his pocket without him noticing. Between Roman's messages, Alessio's secrets, and the mysterious name that kept resurfacing, Elias felt like he was trapped in a game where everyone knew the rules except him. His gaze drifted toward the hallway. He thought about the address he had found. About L. Gray. About the way Alessio's expression had shifted whenever that name was mentioned. Every instinct told him to leav
Elias POV My blood ran cold at the words written on the paper. WE'RE WATCHING YOU. For several seconds, I just stare at the note. Confused if this was some sick joke cause it didn't look funny. "What is this.“ I muttered low against my breath. The note trembled slightly between my fingers. It wasn't the message that unsettled me. It was the fact that someone had slipped it into my pocket without me noticing. Slowly, I looked around the bedroom. The floor-to-ceiling windows. The black marble walls. Expensive furniture. Everything looked untouched. Perfect. Like a showroom. Nothing out of ordinary. I folded the note and slipped it into my pocket. My eyes landed on the new phone resting on the nightstand. A leash disguised as a gift. I picked it up and unlocked it. Nothing. just deleted messages and Alessio's number staring back at me. A bitter laugh escaped my throat. Of course. Even my phone belonged to him. I set it do
Elias POV ——— "Elias,“ he said, his voice low with a hint of danger in his tone. "Who texted you.“ I didn't move. My footsteps frozen in fright. My wrists still burned from the cuffs. Red bruises marred my wrists. The phone in my hand with unknown R's text glowing on the screen. Alessio stood in the door way. He turned back to look at me, he had a dark grin on his face which made my lips move in hesitant fear. His smile drooped in anger at my actions. Alessio's jaw ticked. A muscle twitched there. He strode towards me. His hand gripped my chin. Fingers digging into my cheeks. "When I talk, I expect you to answer me,“ Alessio whispered low into my ear. I turned my chin to escape his grip. which I immediately regretted because his fingers only dug in more, hurting my cheeks. He pushed my chin away roughly. My neck snapped slightly due to the force. A black velvet box rolled into my sight. I glanced up at him confusion written over my face.







