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Which meant it was just me, Luca, and Aleks

And we had no way to couards Luca e The only way they’d knoere in trouble was by the one-way communication device Luca had on him It was a small video camera with a microphone that looked like an ordinary button on his suit jacket So Con and King could see and hear everything, but ouldn’t be able to hear them

But it was the best we could do under the circumstances

Our only goal was to see if Stylianos reed that if the s and blow the whistle on the party King already had a dozen of his men stationed in cars within blocks of the party The second the sixtywould call his contact at the police departet past the cops would be followed ho’s men

But the snag was that Luca, Aleks, and I would be stuck in the building when King uests weren’t allowed to leave the party once they entered it Everyone was required to wait until it was over so that no one could call the authorities during the party That meant that Luca, Aleks, and I would have just minutes to find a way out before the cops showed up In addition tothe event, I also had to find a workable escape route for the three of us We hadn’t received the address for the party until minutes before we’d arrived, so there’d been no time to scope the place out ahead of time

We were basically flying blind for the next hour

And it could all be for nothing, because there still hadn’t been any kind of co or still even interested in acquiring Aleks

I escorted Luca and Aleks to a set of lounge chairs in an area that was relatively empty Luca looked the part of a ruthless business tycoon who didn’t have a care in the world as he dabbled in a world where selling kids for sex was nothing more than a normal transaction From his bored expression to the ease hich he sat, he looked like a guy as being forced to endure an overpriced play or garish opera

As planned, Luca sat in a chair that was closer to the back wall and had a view of the entire roo nearby, but Luca played the part to the hilt as he said to Aleks, “Sit, my pet”

Even though I kneas all an act, I wanted so badly to grab Aleks and get him out of there because he’d too easily fallen into the role Part of me was afraid he’d escaped into his head but part of me was afraid he hadn’t Either way, he wasn’t allowed to look atin his eyes

God, this was so fucked up

Aleks didn’t actually sit because, despite the words Luca had spoken, he hadn’t really invited Aleks to take a seat With downcast eyes, Aleks obediently dropped to his knees next to Luca’s chair He’d knelt close enough so that Luca could reach out and touch him if he wanted

Con was the one who’d picked out the clothes Aleks earing, but only because I hadn’t been able to bring myself to buy theet because I’d been to enough of these events to knohat the kids were forced to wear I’d settled on a snug black shirt that was made of fishnet material, since an owner like Luca would have wanted to show off as his, but not actually share it I’d told Con to find Aleks some pants that accoh to the iination The thin black leather pants Con had selected did the job But it was the fucking collar that pulled the whole outfit together

Aleks looked well and truly owned

And his behavior was proof of that

God, please let hi

I’d never forgive myself if all of this set hio… or even just teeks ago

After the incident with the collar out in the Haed to mentally recover from the trauma within a day and we’d ed to function as well as he had because he’d put the collar and the upco party behind a wall in his mind We’d spent most of our days cooped up in Luca’s penthouse apartAleks into soame addict because he’d becoy gaames with violence and bloodshed I wasn’t particularly fond of those either – I saw enough of that shit in real life, thank you very much I’d been more than happy to join Aleks for Minecraft et ames