A serial web novel

Nodding in agreement, a small knot started stirring in Rei’s stomach, “Okay. Deal.” Reon leaned forward, elbows resting lightly on his knees, eyes bright and unrelenting. “Then listen carefully,” he started, “I will tell you…

Shrine Dinner The wind in the mountains had teeth this evening, a needling cold that slipped beneath Rei’s coat as she climbed the final steps to the Oni stone shrine. At the top Reon’s silhouette…

The morning light filtered through the sheer curtains of the Oslo suite, gilding the room in a soft, pale gold. Rei awoke in Takumi’s arms with him still soundly asleep beside her, his breathing even,…

His erection, which had been a persistent ache, now grew painfully hard, straining against the soft robe. The evening of repentance had begun, and he intended to savor every last, exquisite moment of her surrender.…

Takumi allowed her to undress him, revealing the map of violence Reon had inscribed upon him. Vivid, purple bruises bloomed along his forearms, across his shins, over his shoulders and on his ribs, where he…

The meeting concluded with a veneer of professional cordiality. Bjorn saw them to the door of the conference room, his charismatic smile not quite reaching his calculating eyes. “A productive session,” he said, his gaze…