Ren's heart pounded loudly as Axton's predatory footsteps sounded behind his chained figure. Those silver eyes locked on his dangling body as his hands strained in the chains that held him up above.

Warm, slow breaths caressed the back of Ren's neck... Axton was right behind him.
 
Ren's heart thumped, and cold sweat broke out on his skin. This was where he died.

"I won't kill you, Ren..." 
 
Axton's husky voice whispered, causing Ren to stiffen. He could feel Axton's breath fanning across his skin, causing him to shiver, strangely, not out of fear, but desire.

 "Be my serum tonight."

***
A deadly virus has ravaged the world, leaving humanity irrevocably changed. Some have become mutated "Beast-bounds," while others cling to their sanity with a fragile serum. 

In Faction 7, Ren guards a secret that could get him killed: he is the last pure human. When his infected sister, Mira, falls dangerously ill, Ren is forced on a desperate mission. 

Disguised as a woman, he must infiltrate the rival Faction 12, ruled by the young, ruthless, and devastatingly handsome Captain Axton Conan, to steal the only serum that can save her.
 
​But Axton's advanced technology shatters Ren's disguise, revealing him as a man and an intruder. Rather than kill him, a strange, undeniable spark ignites between them. 

Axton, who ruthlessly purges all Beast-bounds, is suddenly faced with an impossible mission of his own: control his raw desire for the very man he should be eliminating. 

"My mission was to steal his serum. I didn’t expect him to steal my soul." 

The Beast-bound Captain's Captive 

If Axton came to pick the vial up, he'd surely see Ren hiding under the desk. Ren was at a loss for what to do. If he had a gun, he'd voluntarily shoot himself in the head because he was just as good as dead when Axton found him here.
Axton never came.
Ren heard his footsteps walking around his de...

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