Julian de Montfort is a walking contradiction. At school, he’s the wild, untamable delinquent no one can control. But at home, as a dependent orphan, he does everything to please his icy-cold uncle.
A single love letter—one Julian took the fall for to protect a classmate—instantly shatters the fragile peace. For the first time, his legal guardian, Sebastian, looks at him with eyes that aren't cold. Instead, they burn with the raw, predatory hunger of a hunter cornering his prey.
As a leather belt, folded in half, slides slowly from the back of his neck down his spine, Julian trembles on the carpet, finally realizing this isn't a punishment. The man who waited five years doesn't want an apology. He wants absolute submission.
