Young Ashley had it really rough because of his own father. Toward the end of his senior year, when he had to head back East to handle some family matters at Dominic's behest, he was utterly deceived by him and dragged straight into a pheromone party. Dominic knew that Ashley was dating with Koi. He thought that when faced with pure primal desires, Ashley would eventually surrender. But because Ashley dared to rebel against him, the old man was absolutely furious.
It was Christmas day, and Ashley had already bought a ring, feeling so happy and eager thinking that once he finished the task assigned by Dominic, he could immediately rush back to celebrate the New Year with Koi. Who could have guessed that his father would drag him to a pheromone party instead?
God knows how, but Ashley somehow managed to drag his writhing body through a forced rut and escaped that hellhole. About 30 minutes later, Dominic's secretary found Ashley passed out, curled up in a miserable heap in a filthy restroom of a deserted, remote gas station.
Reading this part literally made me cry for so long that my eyes swelled up, simply because I was so furious at Dominic and heartbroken for Ashley ><
The novel vividly describes how he was in absolute agony: his stomach was churning, and he felt nauseous as hell. It felt like something was crawling along his veins, literally tearing his internal organs to shreds. Deep in his nose, a foul stench reeked, his head felt like it was being pounded by a sledgehammer, accompanied by a violent bout of vertigo... His stomach was completely turned inside out, and the rising nausea left him hiccuping and dry heaving, letting out these agonizingly pained groans.
When they finally dragged him back, the man he called "father" the one he'd always been terrified of just cursed at him because things didn't go according to his sick plan: "excellent! Just to protect a mutt like that, you chose to torture yourself to this extent?!"
On the arm that Dominic was tightly gripping, there was still a deep, massive scar. That was the literal proof of Ashley gnawing on his own flesh just to suppress his Alpha instincts and protect Koi during his very first rut.
For the first time ever, seeing Dominic's brows furrowed in pure rage gave Ashley a rush of supreme satisfaction.
He knew he did the right thing. Protecting Koi would always be the right call. So he snapped back at him: "Even if I were faced with that exact situation again, I would still do the same thing."
and then the Dominic mocked Koi, calling him a half breed and a mutt. Ashley threw a punch, but Dominic was stronger. The bastard kicked him in the face and stomped on his son neck, choking Ashley till he was on the verge of death.
Why has Ashley been so terrified of his father since he was a kid? It dates back to when he witnessed the Omega who gave birth to him, Juliet, get locked away for three days and three nights in a pitch black room without a single speck of light. Juliet was in so much despair that he tried to ask his own son to end his life. During those three days, Ashley had no idea what kind of horrors Juliet had to endure. All he knew was that when he finally saw him again, Juliet had completely lost even the will to die.
Ah, this whole dungeon cell isolation detail suddenly reminds me of the scene where Dane and Grayson rescue the kid locked in the basement by his dad.
Back then, Dane even thought Grayson was the one being abused, but it turned out he wasn't.
Dominic controlled everything down to Ashley's education. He forced him to learn French and Spanish, and demanded he apply to same school . Tbh .. I still don't have the guts to read Eat Me Up because I have such a massive aversion to this Dominic character.😩
17-18 year old Ashley literally protected and cherished Koi with everything he had, just because Koi was his only ray of sunshine. Well🔥every time he thought about Koi and felt that possessive urge, he'd buy a condom. Eventually, all those times he suppressed his urges piled up into a whole drawer full of condoms its both so silly yet so heartbreaking.
As for Koi, every time he went home and accidentally locked eyes with his dad, he would be terrified of getting beaten up. Each time, he could only grit his teeth and take the blows, praying for the endless night to pass so morning would come. But ever since Ashley entered his life, whenever that happened, he finally had a name to call out, a name to anchor him through the pain: "Ashley, Ashley, Ashley..." n just like that, those terrifyingly dark nights would give way to a brand new day, where the two of them could meet up and steal sweet kisses on their way home from school. #릭미업이프유캔
🤯🇰🇷🇲🇽 | Los coreanos quedaron IMPRESIONADOS con el nivel de detalles de las instalaciones de Chivas.
La directiva del Guadalajara transformó Verde Valle en una auténtica casa para que la Selección de Corea del Sur se sintiera completamente cómoda durante su estancia.
Spain’s national team was welcomed to Puebla with mariachis, sombreros, and fans gathering to greet them. 🇪🇸
Mexico shows love and respect to every team that arrives on Mexican soil ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup!
The beautiful game. ❤️🏆🤝🏼
BARU KEMARIN BAHAS DOUBLE HELIX ALIAS LOGO DNA AAARRGHHHH
"its kind of like the one between us"
"cant be separated"
BENER2 MENGGAMBARKAN FENGCHEN
makasih aylio udah milih judul #doublehelix 🥹😭😭😭
The World Cup is taking over New York 🗽⚽️
@NYCMayor x @FIFAWorldCup x @GlblCtzn
Today in Central Park, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced a FREE World Cup Final watch party on the Great Lawn.
The event will welcome 50,000 fans and is expected to be one of the largest World Cup watch parties in the world.
Registration for the ticket lottery opens this Thursday through Global Citizen, with the watch party taking place on July 19.
The announcement also marked the opening of FIFA Arena, a free mini-soccer pitch in Central Park that will be open to the public throughout the tournament.
Would you go? ⚽🌳
The @nyknicks are home and our city is ready to show out.
We’re hosting a free watch party for 5,000 New Yorkers tonight in Bryant Park.
You can register at the link below starting at noon today: https://t.co/Te8eGk5TwW