Free 2-Bound By Law by SE Jakes

a light.
    “Sleeps like a baby.”
    Law cocked a brow. “The only time I’d compare him to one. Otherwise…”
    Styx let his eyes linger on the younger man. “Does he heal you?”
    “He’s trying,” Law admitted as Styx turned his gaze back to him. “I was already halfway there with you.”

Chapter Five
    Sleep had always been a joke, but there had been next to none for Styx that night. He’d left Law and Paulo’s room with Law’s words still echoing in his brain, closed the door between the rooms and jerked off in the shower quickly, the threat of danger never really leaving his mind.
    He had no doubt the two men realized their lives were in jeopardy, but the complete and utter horror of the entire situation hadn’t hit home for them yet.
    Styx had no doubt his father—or his father’s henchmen—had already ripped through Law’s apartment and Paulo’s as well. Their lives would never be the same unless he could eradicate his father and the group of men who worked under him.
    Thus far, that had proved to be impossible. And so he remained on the bed, alone, coming up with several plans to present to Tomcat, because this could go so many different ways.
    With all of them, Law would hate him, because it meant leaving again.
    When the sun came up, Tomcat texted him that the safe house was all set, that he’d meet them there with the necessary supplies and to haul ass before the storm came. That a truck had been dropped off in the back lot for him, which Styx already had a key to.
    March snow wasn’t unheard of in upstate New York, which was where they were now headed, but this had been one of the worst winters on record. So he knocked on the door and got Law and Paulo moving. Styx pulled the truck around for them and they picked up breakfast along the way.
    All in all, it was an eight-hour drive that was mostly silent. Paulo crawled into the back to sleep, leaving Styx to wonder if Law had fucked him all night or if he’d slept through.
    He’d bet sleep, though, because from what he’d witnessed, Paulo wasn’t quiet and damn, it had been something…and he should be jealous but he wasn’t, not really, and he wondered why.
    He was intrigued by Paulo, by Law’s reaction to him and by his own.
    But by the morning, the lust had dissipated and the heavy cloak of reality shrouded everything. This wasn’t about a single night of confessions and fights and sex… This had implications that could last each of them a lifetime, and the blame weighed on Styx heavily.
    “We’re here,” Styx said quietly, and Law shook Paulo awake. He parked next to Tomcat’s truck and the men all got out and stretched.
    “All clear?” Styx asked Tomcat, who nodded. Styx handed Law the keys and he and Paulo headed inside while Styx waited to talk with his partner.
    In his truck, the man had clothes for all the men, plus food and other supplies, like gas for the truck and the generator. And shovels, because the snow was expected to come down like a motherfucker, land-locking them here for a couple of days. It would ensure no one could get to them…although Styx still had his doubts about that.
    Tomcat caught a look at Styx’s bruised cheek, courtesy of Law last night. “Looks like you told him everything.”
    Styx ignored him in favor of unpacking the boxes from the back.
    They’d used this place before, but Styx had always been the one dropping people off here, and although he welcomed the time with Law, these weren’t the most ideal circumstances.
    “They broke into Paulo’s apartment. Law’s too but not Damon’s,” Tomcat confirmed when Styx returned from his second trip into the house.
    Styx cursed and punched the hood of the truck lightly a few times with the side of his closed fist.
    “I checked the intel on Damon—he’s away for two weeks with Tanner James,” Tomcat continued.
    The only bright spot in all of this. Law had mentioned their trip to Europe and Styx had asked Tomcat to run it, just to be