Kiro's Tale & Yuri's Tale

Kiro: Savage Mafia Prince

He’s like a beautiful lion. Deeply sedated. Heavily restrained. Everything about patient 34 makes my reporter’s instincts scream.

Ann

I'm supposed to be doing simple undercover research at the Fancher Institute for the Mentally Ill & Dangerous, but I can’t keep my mind off Patient 34. He’s startlingly young and gorgeous, but it’s not just that. He’s strapped way too tightly to that bed. And there’s no name or criminal history on his chart. What are these people hiding? My reporter’s instincts are screaming.

Here's the other thing: the staffers here believe he’s so sedated that there’s not a thought in his head, but I catch him watching me when nobody’s looking. Our connection sizzles when I enter the room. When our eyes meet, I know he understands me in a way nobody else ever has.

I’m supposed to follow my editor’s orders—I have secrets, too—but everything about Patient 34 is suspicious. How can I not investigate?

Killing is easy. But how do you put yourself back together after the kill? That’s what separates the men from the boys.

How you put the monster back in the bottle.