55. Kyle

CHAPTER 55

Kyle

I n the couple of minutes that Theta had spent hissing quiet words in Akira's ear, Mackenroth's four remaining thugs had grown bored. They'd wandered over to Kyle, bitched and griped about not being able to have their fun with him too, and then some nosy prick among them found the training room's toy cupboard. Kyle watched them rifle through it with loud snickers, acting like teenagers discovering porn for the first time.

Cuffs and plugs and paddles were tossed carelessly to the floor.

"What the fuck's this for?" one of them asked, holding up one of the CBT toys. It was formed of two boards, with holes through which everything was entered and then steadily squeezed together with the tightening screws.

"Hey," Bear said, seeing Kyle watching them. "What is it?"

Kyle shrugged, his heart pounding. He tried not to look as the men rotated and poked at the toy to work out what it did.

"Yo, Master," yelled Bear, and Theta dragged his eyes their way with obvious annoyance. "What's this?"

Don't answer, Kyle silently pleaded. What if they decided to use it on Akira?

Theta's lip curled. "It's for crushing a man's balls," he said shortly, yet before Kyle could be properly terrified about what the men might do with it, they'd already tossed it back into the cupboard with flinching yelps of sympathy.

"That's just fucked up," Mouse whimpered, giving a full body shiver.

Another dropped his hands between his legs and cupped himself protectively. "Hot damn."

The next thing they fished out was a large, purple plastic dildo. Squealing laughter immediately erupted over its size, and any hope Kyle had that they'd be equally disgusted with it was quickly quashed.

"Ain't no way that fits in a pussy," one said with wide eyes.

Bear snorted. "This is a gay brothel, Frog. Ain't no pussies here."

Not strictly true, as while House Epsilon had exclusively male staff, that was a gender identifier rather than one of biological sex. And some of their clients were female, non-binary, or fluid. But the toy hadn't been purchased with women in mind, so the men weren't wrong in their bewildered realisation that it was intended to go up a man's ass.

"Maybe it expanded in the heat," Frog speculated, scratching at the plastic surface as though he expected it to pop like a balloon.

"That's too fucking big, man," Mouse agreed.

"Nah, it's meant t'be like that," said Bear with confidence that Kyle was sure was entirely faked. "It's for scaring people shitless."

"You'd certainly be shitless if that went up your backside."

"Shall we try it out?"

"On me? Fuck you. How about you try it?"

"I meant on ‘ im ," urged Bear, and everything in Kyle's head suddenly went very loud when the men all looked in Akira's direction. Theta was still standing over him but he withdrew when Bear approached, shaking his head in apparent frustration. Whatever he'd been saying to convince Akira clearly hadn't worked.

"Don't ," Kyle warned loudly, but they all ignored him, crowding around the back of Akira's crumpled form. They grabbed his bound wrists and one toned thigh to hold him still, and stared at his ass dubiously.

"I still say that won't..."

"Only one way to find out. Grab the lube," Bear ordered, and Mouse obeyed.

"No!" Kyle yelled, throwing himself bodily at them but only making his restraints creak mockingly. "Get away from him!"

They didn't even pause.

"Stars," he swore at them. "You're right, it's too big!"

Now Bear looked over at him with a mischievous smile, the dildo dripping thick globules of lubricant. "You're just saying that."

"No, it takes weeks of training to take something of that size," Kyle tossed out frantically. "I know that from fucking experience, okay? You can't just shove it in!"

Bear tilted his head from where he crouched between Akira's bent knees and ran a skeletal hand over his bare ass. Cold fury wracked Kyle as he watched the man touch what was his.

He was meant to take care of Akira, and he'd failed.

"Please," he whispered, reduced to begging. "Please don't. You'll tear him apart."

Bear just laughed. "Looks like we'll find out, won't we?"