It's not "reform a villain "
The Tale of the villain.
Has NO redemption arc.
It's the mc that eventually gives way to how things are.
They stay together.
Ml treats him slightly better after mc completely gives up on life but no redemption.
There's no character reform when the character is a sociopath.
It's usually the victim accepting they want to be with them because of the small kindnesses sprinkled in between all the abuse.
He gets out safely. Goes to Gio.
Gio cleans him up, gives him a bath so he can see for himself if there's any other bruises and gives him sleeping pills then takes him to the hospital and gets a full physical to make certain there was no rape (knowing his Baby-boy might be feeling too ashamed to admit it if it happened)
Eventually Gio chops the bastard up.
a hand and a foot.
When Owen called what happened between them depraved, you can see Durant was completely gutted.
So he lashed out and said what he knew would strike deep then left quickly before anything more hateful could be said.
Durant does love Owen.
But over the years what was innocent and pure has gotten tainted with bitterness and longing that's always denied.








Before we get to the sex scenes I think anyone who has an issue with dubcon, should stop reading now.
This is going to go the way of most omegaverse sex scenes I think, with omega saying " stop, wait, slow down, no, too much "
And the alpha isn't going to listen and readers are going to get offended.
(I don't read replies)
For those who do read this reply: ML is probably the most neon green flag alpha ever in the novel lol. I haven't finished it, but so far no non-con or pushy alpha stuff. MC is just treated like a queen by everyone haha