Cover of Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)

Villains of Lore, #2

Bonds of Hercules

by Jasmine Mas


Genre
Fantasy, Romance
Pages
599
Contents

Chapter 15: Satan’s Touch

Overview

After three days in a healing coma, Alexis wakes to intense desire with Kharon under Augustus’s watch. Augustus halts penetration due to injuries but brings Alexis to climax. Alexis discovers Kharon sacrificed his ear for her and reveals she is partly deaf, shocking them. She withholds her abuser’s name and claims her own power.

Summary

Alexis wakes from a three-day healing coma to Kharon whispering possessively and touching her while Augustus watches and guides from across the room. The encounter ignites mutual desire, but bandages and lingering pain remind Alexis of her recent injuries.

As Kharon prepares to take her, Augustus intervenes, citing her condition, and instead brings Alexis to climax with his hand while Kharon kisses and steadies her. The intimacy underscores their growing fixation and control, as well as Alexis’s responsiveness to their praise.

Afterward, Alexis notices Kharon’s head bandages and remembers, with horror, that Kharon cut off his own ear to graft onto her damaged side. Overwhelmed, she reveals the truth: she has long been partially deaf in her left ear, making his sacrifice effectively futile.

Kharon and Augustus freeze, then demand to know who harmed her. Alexis deflects with a weak lie about falling, and Nyx offers sardonic comfort while Fluffy Jr. lies nearby. The men’s anger simmers, but Alexis unexpectedly laughs, realizing she is no longer afraid of them.

The moment ends with a shift in power: Alexis asserts that they may not know what she is capable of, reframing the dynamic from fear to agency even as desire and danger remain.

Who Appears

  • Alexis
    Protagonist; wakes from healing coma, experiences charged intimacy, reveals partial left-ear deafness, refuses to name abuser, claims new agency.
  • Kharon
    Lover and protector; initiates intimacy, had sacrificed his ear for Alexis, angered by her injury, demands the culprit’s name.
  • Augustus
    Powerful ally; directs and restrains intimacy for her safety, brings Alexis to climax, furious about her past harm, protective.
  • Nyx
    Serpentine companion; comforts Alexis with blunt advice, calls Kharon an idiot for his impulsive sacrifice.
  • Fluffy Jr.
    Creature companion; present in the room, a quiet, watchful comfort during Alexis’s emotional turmoil.
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