Hurt Like Mine

Napoleon likes to think he’d have rescued Illya Kuryakin even if he wasn’t his soulmate, but he’ll never know for sure. What he knows is that after he dragged Illya out of the harbor, he vowed never to let it show again. Having a soulmate was a serious liability, and even moreso in this business. That vow was only solidified when it became clear that he wasn’t Illya’s soulmate—the bastard hadn’t flinched when Rudi had been lighting up Napoleon like a Christmas tree. So obviously, Napoleon was taking this little secret to the grave.

(Napoleon and Illya have spent two years keeping the truth that they are soulmates a secret from everyone—including each other. But when Illya gets captured, that information suddenly becomes mission critical.)