hot-blooded hearts
The second book in the Bleeding Souls duet
A knife-obsessed MMC
Touch her, and I will sever your fingers, use them to stir your whiskey, and then force you to drink it
Soft only for her
"Crawl to me." / "Kneel." scenes
A list of 137 depraved things
Punishment scenes
Just knowing she lived would be enough for him
Training for war
Betrayal
Dystopian setting
We were the harbingers of war.
War that threatened to consume our souls.
The killer.
I had cleaved my heart in two. And yet, I had to go on. With Gedeon gone, Zion and I took his place as the leaders of the compound; a clock ticking until we stormed the cursed city of Ilasall. Only, the nightmares of the accident had ripped me into shreds, and now, pure bitterness flowed in my veins. One I was going to use to destroy everything.
The lost.
For years, I had stalked Gedeon. Until finally, I had gotten a taste. Only for him to be ripped away the moment he had dropped his guard. It had opened a cavity in my chest, and Kali became the stitches holding it closed. And yet, it wasn’t enough. Nowhere near close to quenching the thirst for blood boiling inside me.
The fallen.
Before darkness had claimed me, I realized that no matter how much you wanted to protect, you had to listen to their wishes. So if the cost of war they craved so much was my death, they could have it. But if they thought my absence freed them from my chains, they were sorely mistaken. In life and death, Zion and Kali belonged to me.
“I’m going to push your limits, one by one.”
content warnings
Breath play
Orgasm control play
Spit play
Snowballing
BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, masochism/sadomasochism)
Impact play
Degradation/humiliation play
Fight play
Blood play
Knife play
Pain play
Primal play
Exhibitionism
Voyeurism
Blasphemy (as religion has lost all meaning in this fictional world, certain rituals of cleansing might be confused with what many real-world faiths regard as a sin)
Mentions of cannibalism as a torture method (no graphic descriptions)
Poisoning
Use of weapons: guns, knives, whiskey glasses
Trauma processing
Grief, loss, and survivor's guilt
Use of weapons: guns, knives, whiskey glasses, hammers, etc.
War, rebellion & mass casualties
Torture
Graphic gore
Explicit depictions of violence of various kinds
Interrogation scenes
Kidnapping/abduction
Sadism
Dubious/non-consensual consent
Sexual assault (attempted; not by MMCs; on page)
Fertility (the fictional world in this story has two social classes based on people’s ability (or lack of) to conceive children)
