By Charles, K J
Silas Mason has no illusions approximately himself. He’s now not adorable, or perhaps likable. He’s an overbearing idealist, an intensive bookseller and pamphleteer who lives for revolution . . . and for Wednesday nights. per week he meets anonymously with a similar guy, in whom Silas has chanced on the appropriate meld of highbrow companionship and absolute obedience to his sexual instructions. yet unbeknownst to Silas, his closest good friend is usually his maximum enemy, with the facility to work out him hanged—or spare his life.
A dependable, well-born gentleman professional, Dominic Frey is torn aside via his affair with Silas. through the sunshine of day, he can't fathom the intoxicating lust that drives him to fulfill with the unconventional week after week. within the bed room, every little thing else falls away. Their wishes fit, and they're united via sympathy for every other’s private vulnerabilities. but if Silas’s politics earn him a loss of life sentence, hope clashes with responsibility, and Dominic unearths himself doing every thing he can to save lots of the fellow who stole his center.
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He looked hopeless and desperate and agonizingly needy all at once. “Stop. ” Fingers still tight on the rail. Silas climbed onto the bed behind him and reached for the oil, supplied by the house, of course. He’d used a lot worse in his time. He poured it onto his own thick, calloused fingers, ran a dribble over the Tory’s arse, and followed it with a slick, slippery touch that won a violent shudder from the kneeling man. He pressed a finger in. The Tory gave a ragged gasp. Silas pushed harder. ” He turned his hand, probing into the Tory’s tight heat and feeling him squirm against the invasive fingers.
Take my shoes off,” Silas said harshly, and then, “No. ” The Tory gave a convulsive swallow. He went down to his knees, head bowed, and reached for Silas’s roughly stitched leather shoe. ” His head came up, dark eyes unreadable. His face was taut with emotion, but his mouth was a little open, lips a little red, and he took hold of Silas’s shoe like the best-trained servant Silas could imagine. ” Silas moved his foot, forcing the Tory between his legs as the man served him. His prick was hardening already, and he could see the bulge in the Tory’s breeches.
Son? “My friend,” the Tory said. “My closest friend, all my life. Boys together. Lovers since we were fourteen. ” “Aye? ” Silas asked, since the Tory seemed to want to talk. “I did. ” The Tory swept a hand around the room. “Oi. ” “Is there not? I am a gentleman of good family. I should not want men at all, and I should certainly not want men to…abuse me. ” Silas had no idea what to say to that. It was damned odd, and he’d often thought so. He’d assumed the Tory knew what he was about. ” “It does very well for me, and you don’t need telling so, but why does it do?