Caught in Your Web

A dark BL between a mafia boss's former lover and the boss's adopted son—who's been accused by the organization of killing his father.

A psychologically thrilling story from creator Joe Aruku (The Stranger in the Hoarding House), twisting a web of desire and lies in a single, easy to pick up volume.

William’s life is upended by the sudden death of the mafia boss who had kept him as a lover...

In the aftermath, the boss’s adopted son—known only as Nine—appears at William's door, claiming he has nowhere else to go. Nine seems eager to weave his way into William's heart, but William can't be sure of his motives. The organization is convinced that Nine killed his father. And yet, as William begins to pull at loose ends, the truth becomes even more tangled.

Now, William is drawn deeper into a web of desire and lies, where every choice could ensnare him—and where the one who seems closest may be the most dangerous of all.
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Content Warnings: Explicit sexual content, violence, sexual assault, stalking

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