All Chapters of Pucking Forbidden Claim: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Kade POVI thrash immediately, trying to shove him off, but Rook is a fucking tank. He’s got the weight advantage, the strength, and worst of all, the audacity. My body still hasn't fully recovered which makes it harder otherwise it would be an even fight.“Get the fuck off me!” I growl, pushing against his chest, but he barely budges.“Nah,” he replies, smug as ever. “I think I like it here.”I grunt, twisting, but he just shifts his weight to keep me pinned, arms braced on either side of me, practically caging me in.“This is abuse,” I hiss.He grins. “Oh? What are you gonna do, Mercer? Call the authorities?”I glare. “I will."He leans in, voice mocking. “What’s the emergency? Oh yeah, some guy won’t get out of his own bed.”“Rook,” I warn.“Help,” he gasps dramatically, “he’s keeping me here against my will!"I snap and shove him hard, managing to roll us over, but he just laughs, the absolute bastard.“You think you’ve won?” he taunts, letting me sit up for half a second before h

Rook POVMercer doesn’t move and I can see the thoughts running behind his eyes, the way his jaw tightens just slightly, the way his chest rises and falls unevenly. He’s processing.Processing the fact that I let Axel fight me, that I still won and that I tortured Axel before all of that.I should be focused on his reaction, but instead, all I can focus on is how fucking close he is to me right now. The space between us is gone. I can see the tension in his body, see the way he’s still lingering, hovering, not pulling away.That's interesting. I grin, tilting my head slightly, watching him. “You look surprised, Mercer.”His eyes flick up to mine, and I can see it, the battle raging inside his stupid, stubborn brain. He doesn’t want to care, but he does. Doesn’t want to acknowledge it, but he’s standing here, close enough to feel my breath, looking at me like I just did something unexpected.I did, didn’t I? He expected Axel to be dead. Expected me to kill him outright, not play with h

Kade POVWe get dressed in silence, and I need that silence because what the hell happened? I gave in, willingly, like a fucking fool. I don’t understand how he does it, but he does. He gets under my skin, makes me forget logic, forget reason, and before I know it, I’m caught in something I don’t know how to get out of.Rook walks down the stairs ahead of me, acting like everything is normal, like we didn’t just fuck, like nothing’s changed. I follow, still turning over every moment in my mind, trying to figure out how the hell I let it happen and how to make sure it never happens again. I need to go home. No, I need to get the fuck away from him. I regret not staying in the damn hospital because at least there, I wouldn’t have ended up in his bed.I have to make this clear to him. This was a mistake, a one-time thing, nothing more. People fuck, it doesn’t mean anything. It’s just sex, and if anyone should understand that, it’s Rook. He’s had more one-night stands than I can count.We

Kade POVThe second fighter lunges, but he’s too slow. I twist, slamming my knee into his gut with everything I have left, and he drops to the ground, wheezing.My breath is coming too fast, my head swimming, my ribs burning so bad I almost can’t breathe, but I don’t let myself collapse. It's done, I've proven I'm strong enough, I’ve earned the right to fucking stop, but the second I take half a step back, I hear the sound of more feet stepping forward, the weight of fresh bodies shifting into place. My stomach tightens as I glance up, taking in the two new men stepping into the chalk-marked square.They’re not done with me. My breath drags in sharp and unsteady, my ribs burning with every movement. The pain behind my eyes has turned into a constant, throbbing pulse, the world tilting slightly every time I move too fast. My body is barely holding itself together, but it doesn’t matter, because they aren’t going to stop.I hear Nikolai’s voice somewhere in the background, calm, measure

Rook POVMercer is still standing in front of me, covered in blood that isn’t his, shaking with something I can’t fix, something I can’t take back.“I didn’t know,” I say, and my own voice sounds too rough, too strained. “Kade, I swear to fucking god, I didn’t know he was going to—”He laughs. Loud, sharp, bitter, like I just told the funniest fucking joke in the world.“Didn’t know?” His eyes blaze as he takes a step forward, and I don’t move. “Didn’t fucking know? You’re Rook. The golden son. The one who gets away with every fucking thing he does because Daddy has his back. And you expect me to believe you didn’t know?”“I had no clue he was gonna do this,” I repeat, but Mercer isn’t hearing me.“You didn’t know,” he mutters, running a hand through his hair before letting out another laugh, low and humorless, shaking his head. “Then explain something to me, Rook. If you didn’t know, then why the fuck did he tell me I had to prove myself to be with you?”My stomach twists, a slow, si