Tanner Star is already locked in when Derek Kage walks in—arms stretched, body exposed, nowhere to go and no way to hide it. Derek doesn’t rush… he circles, watches, and starts making small corrections that quickly turn into something a lot harsher when the boy can’t hold still. Every twitch gets noticed, every slip gets punished, and the longer Tanner hangs there, the more that cocky attitude starts to crack. By the end, he’s not fighting the position anymore… he’s learning the hard way that once Derek puts you somewhere, you stay there.

Blindfolded, gagged, and stripped of every advantage, Tanner Star spends this chapter stumbling through Derek Kage’s cruel little game of control. Derek keeps the boy off balance the entire time—spinning him, repositioning him, correcting him, and punishing every mistake the second it happens. Unable to see what’s coming next, Tanner starts reacting to every sound, every touch, every command like a nervous little toy trying desperately not to fail again. The more he struggles to stay composed, the more obvious it becomes that Derek is enjoying watching him fall apart.

Tied to a chair, blindfolded, and gagged, Tanner Star has no idea what Derek Kage has planned—just that he’s completely trapped for it. Derek takes his sweet time with this one, putting the boy on display, keeping him worked up, needy, and desperate while never giving him the release he thinks is coming. The longer it goes, the more Tanner stops pretending he’s in control and starts openly begging for what Derek has been denying him. By the time Derek finally lets him have it, the boy looks absolutely drained, ruined, and exactly where he belongs.

Tanner Star isn’t being “played with” in this chapter—he’s being positioned exactly where Derek Kage wants him and expected to stay there. Bound, exposed, and hanging in place, the boy quickly learns this isn’t about comfort or negotiation—it’s about obedience, endurance, and making himself useful. Derek takes full advantage of the position, pushing deeper every time Tanner starts to struggle, until the cocky little attitude from earlier chapters is nowhere to be found. By the end, Tanner looks less like a person and more like something Derek was finished using.