He’s broken–a sad little pup that needs a new owner. And I’m the man for the job.

RICO

I dont care about much. I run my business with an iron fist, and my circle is small.

But when I see himbruised, bloody, face streaked with tearsI just about lose my mind.

Ill slaughter anyone who has touched him. And Ill do the same to those who try to ever take him from me in the future.

Anurak is mine.

I may be the devil in disguise, but Ill bring my little pup heaven.

Only question is will he trust me enough to let me?

~*~*~

ANURAK

I dont remember what freedom tastes like. I havent seen anything outside of these walls in years.

Freedom feels foreign now. So much so that Ive stopped longing for it.

But then Rico comes roaring into my life, guns blazing.

Hes determined to save me. To protect me.

And every time he calls me perrito, I fall for him a little bit more.

I dont know how to live on my own. I dont know who I am or what I want out of life.

But Im certain I do want him.

Can Rico see past all my flaws and all my trauma to want me, too? Or am I just a boy he felt sorry for and wanted to save?

Tank

Im a man littered with scarsboth literally and figuratively. The ones that hurt the most are invisible to the human eye. Spending the first fifteen years of my life as a trafficking victim destroyed me in ways Im not sure can be fixed.

When I find out the same family that broke me is out doing the same thing all over again, Im determined to put an end to it. To fix what law enforcement failed at.

Ill tear their organization down brick by brick.

I'm a criminal, and she's a cop. We just don't mix.

Cameron

My brothers and I may clash heads, and sometimes, we might even throw fists. But there's not much I won't do to protect them.

Which is how I find myself in this little… game.

Abbie thinks she can take down my family one by one to help her climb the police ranks faster. But she's an amateur, and her first mistake was allowing me to overhear her conversation.

I'm a master manipulator. I'll make her fall for me, and then, I'll tear her to pieces for coming after my family.

She may have started the game, but she's merely a pawn.

I'm the true master, and she's going to regret the day she ever met me.

~*~*~

Abbie

I came from nothing, but I'm determined to have everything, no matter who gets in my way.

Well, that's my mindset until Cameron comes crashing into my life–coffee and donut in hand–and wears me down until I agree to date him.

He's dodgy, doesn't like to talk about himself, and is a master between the sheets. I originally started this with a plan–take him and his brothers down to climb the ranks and make something of myself.

I never anticipated falling in love with him.

Before I can come clean and tell him myself that I'd started this as a way to put him behind bars, I'm too late.

And when Cameron's enemies target me, we're already over. There's no reason for him to come after me–to rescue me.

I'm on my own… and I don't think I'm making it out of this alive.

He cant stand being touched but the mountain man makes him feel safe.

Ace

My brothers call me a brat. Maybe I am. But they abandoned me when I was just a kidleft me to fend for myself.

And when they left, my entire life went to crap.

The walls Ive built up around my heart and soul would impress nations. I cant let anyone close to me.

And after everything Ive been through, I cant stand being touched either. It sends me spiraling. Makes me want to claw off my skin.

But when Gunner rescues me after I severely injure myself and nurses me back to health, I find out I can touch him.

And he can touch me.

But when Im kidnapped, tied down, and violated, all of that progress I made with him may go down the drain.

~*~*~

Gunner

After serving overseas and coming home a broken shell of a man, I hole up in the mountains.

When people come around, I typically avoid them. Keep to myself because what theyre doingillegal or notis not my business.

But then I find him. Hes bleeding and hurt, and I cant bring myself to leave him there.

Hes incredibly tactile with me, and when he calls me Papa, my world feels right.

Until they take him from me.

Ill tear this entire world to pieces to get my boy back where he belongs.

They think theyre winning the game

But Im the master.