_{he’s quiet and it lasts longer than a minute. lets the words take root and settle somewhere inside of him, biting his tongue to keep from saying anything rash. he didn’t like being owned and he never had. even with the one who more or less raised him, he’d needed his freedom too much to let him call the shots. he’d fought for it in every way and it’s taught him not to let anyone break him yet that’s how Ky wanted him. broken and submissive. eager to please if it meant being out of the chains. “I don’t have any guarantee that you won’t do it anyway if you get bored so all behaving does is delay the inevitable. maybe you should consider the fact I might already be broken and throwing me back there will save you the trouble of training me to be obedient.”}

 _{training caleb to be obedient was taking time and that was the amusing part. to keep pushing until the other broke right into the way he wanted him to. it would be taxing, even taking longer than he would hope, but all the same, it was worth it. more to the point, he wouldn’t have had it any other way, but some days, the demon got bored. he wanted someone to do exactly what he said, and caleb never was going to give it to him. he was just starting to understand that, “if throwing you back there is what you want, then it seems you won’t be going back there anytime soon. not if that is what you crave.”}