“I wanted to play with you… punish you. But now, I want to ruin your world and turn it pitch black. Isolate you, so you have nothing left except me. And remember, it’s your own fault.” ISOLATION. LONELINESS. ENDLESS SILENCE STRETCHING INTO ETERNITY. This is the personal living hell of police detective, Kuon Leiris. His punishment for ruining the Black Duke’s deal. But when night falls, it gets worse… Cruelty. Affection. Madness. Obsession. Constant mind games where he can do nothing but give in. Yugo pours his every corrupt desire into his prey, testing the limits of their capture-bonding relationship. Do you dare enter a dark world where safe-words don’t exist?

“You can never win because you don’t want to win. Just admit it. You want me.” ▶▶◀◀ Depravity. Corruption. Immorality. Sinking deeper into captivity, detective Kuon Leiris longs for the simple human contact from his captor – the Black Duke. Isolation and emotional numbness corrode his moral values, bringing his pride to its knees until he is grateful for any sliver of kindness. This 15k word novella is an extra story for Love of the Egoist. It takes place at the beginning of chapter 16 in the main book. Not a standalone.

“You aren’t happy with me, you aren’t happy without me, so why the fuck should I leave you alone?” APATHY. DEPRESSION. EMOTIONAL NUMBNESS. Thrown out of captivity and into long-awaited freedom, Kuon is in limbo, left with the ashes of the future Yugo destroyed. Unable to cope with the shards of his former life, he enlists to serve in Afghanistan. Two years later, back in Vienna, he’s once again stuck in nothingness, except instead of the white room, he is trapped inside his damaged body. ICE. BLOOD. FROZEN PIER. Made Yugo seethe with a thirst for vengeance he can never quench. If punishing Mio left him bitter, giving up Kuon wrenched his soul. Determined to let the past go, he concentrates on his future. Until their paths cross again.Damaged. Aggressive. Hurt. Kuon still attracts him. Haunted by the memories, Yugo wavers. But when another man takes Kuon’s hand, Yugo decides to take back what belongs to him.

“What’s the appeal of breaking what’s already broken?” POWER. SEX. MONEY. Yugo has everything he wants in life—a young, beautiful lover and a successful business he rules with an iron fist. His present holds no place for love or regrets until the door to his past creaks open, reanimating the beginning of his unhealthy obsession with Kuon, and all the anger, annoyance, curiosity, and lust that came with it. When the memory scratches at his contentment, making it bleed, he isn’t sure he will be able to let Kuon go again. This 36k word novella is an extra story from Obsession of the Egoist and a prequel to the Egoist series. It takes place at the end of chapter 4 in Obsession of the Egoist. Not a standalone.