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Kiss the Villain
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Chapters 1-9Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide contains discussion of sexual content, emotional abuse, sexual violence, rape, cursing, and self-harm.
Chapter 1 Summary: “Gareth”
Gareth Carson makes his way to a party thrown by the Serpents, a rival university gang at The King’s U that often clashes with his own gang, the Heathens. Hidden under a mask, he stalks the Serpents’ leader, Yulian, and slips a drug into his drink. When Yulian goes to his room, Gareth follows him and reflects on how he’s kept his antisocial and psychopathic-coded behaviors concealed under his “golden boy” façade.
Gareth intends to humiliate Yulian by undressing him and taking a picture to make it seem as if he had sex with Gareth. As he undresses the man in the room, however, he discovers that he’s made a mistake in the dark—the man isn’t Yulian. He tries to escape, but the man threatens him with a gun.
Chapter 2 Summary: “Gareth”
Gareth tries to defend himself with a knife, which the man shoots out of his hand. The man taunts and demeans him, accusing him of planning to rape Yulian. He threatens Gareth by rubbing his gun against Gareth’s genitals and forces Gareth to perform oral sex on him. Gareth is revolted, but he becomes aroused, which confuses him as he typically finds any sexual act a chore, and he believes that he isn’t attracted to men.
