It is strongly recommended that you read The King's Weakness before starting this prequel.
When twenty-year-old Christopher "Kit" Everly watches his parents die, he expects the man responsible to kill him too. Instead, Soren Sinclair takes him home and locks him away.
For nearly two years Kit lives inside the walls of Sinclair's estate with almost no human contact. No one is allowed to speak to him. No one is allowed to touch him. The only real exception is the head cook/housekeeper, Lorraine, who looks after him. And Soren himself, who comes to him whenever he wants and takes.
At first Kit is terrified and full of hate. He expects to be discarded the moment Soren gets bored. But time moves differently when you're trapped, and the man who destroyed his life becomes the only person who consistently pays attention to him. What starts as fear and resistance slowly turns into something far more complicated. Kit still hates him... but his body stops fighting. The shame of enjoying any of it only makes it worse.
Soren tells himself it's just sex and protection. Kit tells himself he has no choice. Neither of them is being entirely honest.
Genre: Gay Romance
When twenty-year-old Christopher "Kit" Everly watches his parents die, he expects the man responsible to kill him too. Instead, Soren Sinclair takes him home and locks him away.
For nearly two years Kit lives inside the walls of Sinclair's estate with almost no human contact. No one is allowed to speak to him. No one is allowed to touch him. The only real exception is the head cook/housekeeper, Lorraine, who looks after him. And Soren himself, who comes to him whenever he wants and takes.
At first Kit is terrified and full of hate. He expects to be discarded the moment Soren gets bored. But time moves differently when you're trapped, and the man who destroyed his life becomes the only person who consistently pays attention to him. What starts as fear and resistance slowly turns into something far more complicated. Kit still hates him... but his body stops fighting. The shame of enjoying any of it only makes it worse.
Soren tells himself it's just sex and protection. Kit tells himself he has no choice. Neither of them is being entirely honest.
Genre: Gay Romance