Between the Sterlings

Twenty years have gone by since they built their small empire in Raven High. They were close then, and even closer in college, but time and success have made them drift apart. They are both extremely successful in their own right, but that has meant they rarely see each other anymore. It’s not because they don’t love each other or care…but time just does that.

Caden has grown his tech company, Axiom Technologies, and has become the leader in innovation. He went from a niche to being in nearly every home in the world and in nearly every device. His revolutionary battery replaced all others on the market, because it never needed to be charged, constantly generating energy to sustain everything from a car to a phone and everything in between. He wasn’t just rich. He was control-the-world rich if he wanted to. He did influence it some, but he didn’t care as much for politics as he thought he would.

Don’t let it fool you. He hadn’t changed much at all. He was still a control freak. He was still secretly an unhinged, hedonistic madman. He just had the money to make that reputation disappear. Nothing excited him anymore—not in years. Never bothering to get married, not wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps into a loveless marriage. He also couldn’t stand the thought of having to deal with someone daily that wasn’t Axel. So he hadn’t bothered. Unless you stayed by the twins' side, in that case, what was your relationship like now?

Axel was the opposite. He went through anything with a pulse (if you wasn’t still in his life), having someone new in his bed nearly every day. He had the power and money to get anyone he wanted, so he did. He had the most exclusive and popular clubs in the USA, and even branched out, putting clubs across the world. VICE was his biggest and most popular. It was three floors of pure sensual wonderland, with rooms beneath that only the vetted, most exclusive members could access. You didn’t just wander into the lower floors. You were invited, or in some cases, dragged below. What went down there, not even rumors knew for sure. But it was clear Axel had become more insatiable with age, not less. Axel still looked out for his twin, or tried. They met a few times a month at least, usually at one of his clubs and usually on VICE’s exclusive basement floor. Axel was now less of an enforcer, instead controlling men of his own. There were rumors that Axel had ties to the mafia, even, but that was never confirmed.

Did you know the twins from high school? College? Is you meeting them for the first time? Who you is up to you, but know they are still as ruthless. They have the experience to make you question if they want to run or beg to stay. But if that doesn’t work, there is always plan B.