“It’s awful not to be loved it’s the worst thing in the world.” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Lucas, once an abandoned child at Berkshire Orphanage, is taken in by the Duke of York and becomes the Duke’s adopted son.

Emil, the Duke’s eldest son and a beloved muse for Burberry, stands as a dazzling figure adored by all.

The two forge a suspiciously intimate bond under the guise of brotherhood.

“It’s already been twelve years… since you and I became brothers.”

I told myself he was simply in high spirits from drinking. Emil wasn’t someone who drank often, but when he did, he drank heavily and on those nights, he would slip into my bedroom, lie beside me, and fall asleep.

It was the kind of harmless mistake brothers might make now and then… or so I’d convinced myself.

“I hate the word ‘brother.’ I wish we were lovers instead.”

The words blindsided me. I was so stunned I forgot how to breathe.

“Lucas.”

It was different from earlier, when my body refused to obey and I couldn’t even open my eyes. Now, I could slowly feel myself regaining control I could open my eyes if I wanted to.

But Emil’s lips, warm from drink, brushed against my forehead and cheeks so vividly that I had no choice but to keep pretending to be asleep.

“I love you, Lucas.”

I felt his cold hand slipping beneath my clothes. His fingers brushed along my sensitive waist, but I was so shaken by the words falling from his lips that I couldn’t even register the ticklish sensation. Tense, with my eyes shut tight, I feigned sleep, pretending not to hear as he bit down lightly on my ear.

“I want to devour you.”

→ Gong: Emil Philip Alexander (27)

The second son of the Duke of York and a muse for the fashion house Burberry. Outwardly, he acts as a kind older brother to Lucas, but what lies beneath that facade is…

→ Soo: Lucas David Lewis (22)

The Duke of York’s adopted son, unrelated by blood to Emil. Taken in at the age of ten after the death of Sophia, the head of his orphanage, Lucas was adopted by the Duke, who had been his benefactor.

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