"Friend or Foe?" - At the Cove, the hot tub becomes even hotter, as Chayton (alone, and then helped by Kale) feels and acts as a manly alpha-stud. Jorell and LaShawn arrive at the Cove, and we have another voyeuristic glimpse at their private, tormented sexuality. But Jorell hides something in his heart: something that even his boy can't understand. Who is Jorell? Is he friend or foe?
The small forgotten country church of St. George in Chains, in Southern Sicily, is being renovated by a brawny worker to welcome the new parish priest, who happens to be someone he knew very well, years before. The young priest will find very hard to stick to his strict education and his lifestile of celibacy, and in the end he'll be "forced" to listen to his body's long-denied calls.
In the pitch-dark room, Rowan does an excruciating act of devotion to Barry. In the morning, Beau announces his intention to fully renovate his old house, Rice-Duncan Mansion, and asks for help to the men of the Cove. While visiting the house, Alex and Barry rescue a homeless and his boy from a gang of homophobic thugs, whose leader is then punished by Alex in a way that he'll never forget...
"Rowan's struggles" - The young and inexperienced Brennan asks to Rowan to make love to him, forcing the guy to play what once was his stepfather's role. Later, Rowan has a very intense nightly chat with Barry, who reveals his past struggles and how he arrived at the Cove. The guy, intimately moved by Barry's tale, starts to see a sharper difference between the worker and his stepfater...
"Chayton" - The young Sioux reveals to Rowan how he became Wahkan's boy and why his master needed a place like the Cove to rebuild his life. Then, in a dramatic mind connection, Rowan shares with Chayton his memories, letting Chayton "meet" his abusive stepfather. Later on, Rowan is forced by Brennan to face one of his most frightful demons...
"Speechless" - Rowan is in hospital. Barry and Charlie spend a particularly dramatic night. Alex tries to relieve Charlie's stress, and the boy reveals an unprecedented wild side. Barry does wonders to fix Rowan's devastated room and enjoys a very special Luau dance by Kale, but he feels responsible for Rowan's accident. Rowan is sent back home, but the injuriy has impaired his ability to speak...
"Rowan's revenge" - Beau painfully understands his mistake and undergoes his penance, restoring the peace in the Cove. Rowan is offered the unexpected chance to take revenge on his hatred stepfather, but his satisfaction is short-lived, as he's involved in a terrible accident...
"A Tsunami hits the Cove" - The Cove is shaken to its roots, to the point that its very existence is put at a stake. Will Beau find the inner strength to face a trial and submit to a punishment? Or will he disband the Cove? While upstairs the men try to keep the Cove alive, in the basement the boys solve the quarrel in a much sweeter way. And Beau's "punishment" will delight Brennan...
"The New Guy on the Block" - Brennan settles in the Cove and is welcomed home by Beau and Kale with a very special "family gathering" in the attic. In the meantime, there's a steamy hot sexual encounter between Wahkan and Alex. Everything seems peaceful and joyful, but heavy thunderous clouds obscure the sky when Brennan unadvisedly gets into a painful three-some with Chayton and Charlie...
"Another Step in Rowan's Journey" - The private gym of the Cove gets steamy hot. There, Rowan meets Stewart, who teaches him an extremely important lesson: to respect, worship and love himself. Grateful, Rowan returns the favour enacting for him a very hot fantasy.
"A Little Family" - Beau is kind of blocked: he knows, deep in his heart, that he loves Kale, but the House and the memories of his father make resurface his latent insecurity about his own sexuality. Brennan, too, struggles not to see himself as a "gille-tòine". With a risky move, Kale forces Beau break free from his insecurity. In the end, Beau will find his way... as well as Brennan!
Beau and Kale fly to Scotland, to the remote peninsula of Applecross, where they hope to rekindle their love. But Applecross House, still imbued with the shadows of Beau's father, is a hard test for both of them. But their struggles are soothed by a young, shy and (totally!) devoted valet named Brennan...
Rowan's runaway crashes like a ton of bricks on the Cove. Kale, after a harsh confrontation with Beau, realizes his mistake and how much he's hurt Rowan and Beau. Devastated by the sense of guilt, Kale submits to a terrible self-punishment, a real sexual torture: he hopes to gain back Beau's love, but the outcome will be different...
"Sentiment and Resentment" - Kale is desperate, thinking that Rowan has stolen Beau's heart. On the wave of his memories, we fly to the sunny shores of Côte d'Azur, in Southern France, where Beau and Kale first met; and then we move to Paris, where Kale's certainties about sex and love crumble under the overwhelming attraction towards Beau.
"Rowan Surrenders" - Beau relieves his intimate burden by sharing his pain with all the men of the Cove. Wahkan restores the harmony between him and his boy Chayton in the sweetest and hottest way. Rowan, unlike Beau, still couldn't defeat his demons, and Beau, masterfully mixing love and dominance, helps the guy overcome his greatest fears: surrendering to an older man and stay indoors at night.
"Tough Trials" - This chapter is a little shoreter than usual, but quite intense. Wahkan has hurt his boy and thus he must face a punishment, that is - as usual in the Cove - harsh and highly sexually-oriented. Then, an unexpected death hits deeply the Cove, and especially Rowan and Beau, who discover to have a lot in common.
"Teenage Troubles" - Chayton is restless, because he misses his previous life on the streets and his former bad friends; he sneaks out of the Cove with Charlie to have a thrilling adventure, that ends very badly. The men rescue them and the boys have to face an "interrogation" from Alex and Wahkan. But while Alex is understanding and calm, Wahkan reacts very badly, to the point of hurting his boy.
Beau and Rowan visit long-abandoned Rice-Duncan Mansion, where Beau reveals the unforgivable sins committed in that old house and the tragic secret he holds in his heart; Rowan tries to help Beau and himself overcome their inner demons; after a sleepless night, a dazzled Beau vents his anger and his fears over Kale, while Rowan gets an unexpected act of affection.
Rowan talks about his childhood, his lack of friends and a proper education; after another failed attempt at having sex with Rowan, a furious Barry goes back home and takes revenge over Kale, but things don't go as he imagined; Rowan has another intense encounter with the Native American Wahkan.
Rowan gladly eases Chayton's inner struggle to assert his manliness. Beau gives a hint about the painful secrets buried deep in his heart. Hendrick explains the true nature of the Cove and then reveals the (hot!) secret hidden in Stewart's past.
Another boy, Charlie, needs help, and the men of the Cove team up again to play a scene for him; but this time the scene is much more playful than the one they had to enact for Hendrick. Blown out by the men's joyfulness and sexual power, Charlie will... boldly go where no boy has gone before.
A highly dramatic and heavily sexual chapter. Rick is restless and feels chased by his past, when he lived as a toy-boy and was raped by a bunch of drunk men. Instead of trying to escape his past, the boy decides to face it, and brings the toy-boy back to life. Stewart, Alex, Barry and Kale, in an effort to help Rick, play their part in a dramatic act that hopefully will have a healing outcome.
Rick, Charlie and Beau are struggling, for different reasons. Rick's former life as a toy-boy left some scars in his soul; Charlie thinks he's not the right boy for Alex; Beau is extremely anxious for his upcoming charity event and Wahkan does to him one of his... magic. Alex, Kale and Barry team up to help Charlie... but end up doing something totally different!
Rowan confronts Hendrick and explains he can't love the boy the way he's loved back; Rick is sad, but understands. Kale offers to Rowan to watch one of his intense bondage sessions, and surprisingly Rowan ask to get into the action, discovering the pleasure of giving total control of his body to another man. He also experiments the delicious torture of post-orgasm torment.
Charlie is tempted to have sex with a stranger, but he resists and is rewarded by his master Alex. Wahkan understands that Chayton needs to assert his manliness and offers him his virgin ass. Rowan ponders about his life and about love, and decides to make another step in his journey, surrendering to Beau, the blond leader of the Cove.
In this chapter, Rowan is revealed in many ways. He shows his tender affection to old Paul, gives proof of his valiancy and athletic skills and then shows off his body, letting the boys give him an exquisite sexual 'assault'. The men talk about Rowan's past experiences that make him look like a man from another century, and his recent difficult journey to an adult sexuality.
Kale warns Rowan not to rush in his journey to a mature sexuality. At the quarry, Rowan witnesses Barry venting his anger and his instinctive fear for the worker is tinged with an unexpected sexual desire. At night, Hendrick dares to get a sleepy fuck from Beau; anguished for his master, still suffering for the heavy sexual denial, the boy proves him his trust in a very risky way.
The men of the Cove set up a sort of trial court to judge Stewart's misbehaviour against his boy Rick. The guilty airman willingly submits to a rightful punishment. All the man, in turn, use and abuse the airman's body; Kale locks the man's cock in an electric chastity device that relentlessly brings Stewart to orgasm without ever giving him the much needed relief. Rick is in pain for his master.
Hendricks reveals to Kale that Stewart is jealous of Rowan, just like few years earlier he'd been jealous of Drew, a guy Rick used to date. Beau, the blond boss, surrenders to Alex, the bulky guard, and gets fucked senselessly. When Beau hears about Rick's desperate attempt to leave the Cove, he consoles the boy in a way that he won't ever forget.
Rowan meets Wahkan, the mysterious, ageless Sioux who lives at the Cove. In an sexually intense night on a deserted beach, the Native American discovers how powerful are the demons that hunt Rowan's soul and how deep are his fears and inhibitions. In the meantime, Hendrick has a furious argument with his master Stewart and, after a dramatic sleepless night, decides to leave the Cove.