Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 9

the containment chamber."
    "And?"
    "And Rhys touched him."
    Tuuqi and Cavon stared at Rhys, shocked he'd gone against Von's direct orders.
    "But that's not all," Alexis said, and both men turned back to her. She shrugged and told them, "They bonded."
    Both agents blinked and spoke in unison. "Bonded?"
    Rhys pulled at his hair. "Sin… he's my mate."
    ****
    The four agents discussed options. Well, three agents discussed options, while Rhys concentrated on breathing and trying not to throw up. He didn't understand. Why now? Bonded? Mated? His soulmate, the one he was destined to be with? Why this creature? The very creature he had to watch being tortured, completely unable to stop it.
    He caught the end of the discussion. "…another week."
    "No," Rhys barked. "Now! We get him out now!"
    "Rhys," Tuuqi said calmly. "We can't blow this operative. We've been here for months. We're so close."
    Rhys was pacing. He pulled at his hair again. "I know! But when the objectives change, we adapt. Is that not what we are taught?"
    Alexis nodded. "Yes, but Rhys, this is a TradeCap operation, first and foremost."
    Rhys spun to look at her. "What?" he cried. "How can you say that? You saw what happened in there. You were there!"
    "I know," Alexis answered. "Rhys, I know. And I know what it means. We will get Sin out. We will," she said reassuringly. "But not now. Not right now."
    "When?" Rhys cried.
    "Von's going to auction next week. He's scheduled for two days leave," Cavon informed him. He was the agent delegated to Sector Five, where the genetically completed were held awaiting auction. "It's the perfect time. We can ensure the safe removal of all inmates, Sin included."
    Then something occurred to Rhys. "What if Von takes Sin? What if he-"
    Alexis put her hand on Rhys' arm, cutting him off. "Then we have to make sure that never happens. Now that we know, now we know what he is to you, we can protect him."
    Rhys finally breathed. "Next week? We'll get him out next week?"
    Alexis nodded.
    Rhys looked at her, then at the two other agents. "You promise we'll protect him?"
    "Yes."
    "Okay," Rhys said with a nod. "Next week. We get him out next week."
    CHAPTER 4
    Even though Rhys knew the days were counting down, watching Sin transform into the most magnificent of creatures was heartbreaking.
    Rhys was certain if he was watching Sin transform under his own free will he'd have found him glorious. But to watch as his body morphed unwillingly, chemically , was just as agonizing for Rhys to watch, as it was for Sin to endure.
    Von, on the other hand, was ecstatic. Enthralled.
    He watched his Sin morph and change forms fluidly. And the more the fine creature screamed as the chemicals changed him on a cellular level, the more Von enjoyed watching. The more he watched him writhe in agony, the more aroused he became.
    In each shape Sin shifted into, he was dark, almost black, except for a strike of white somewhere on his body. Sin was beautiful as a human. But as the many, many forms he changed into—from every realm of the universes—he was… transcendent.
    Von wanted him. Von wanted him in carnal ways he'd never wanted anything else. He wanted to possess him in every way possible. Von wanted to feel Sin writhe underneath him while his cock was buried inside him. He wanted to feel the power of truly claiming this magnificent being, making him his. Von wanted his seed inside Sin so everyone would know to whom he belonged.
    Von dreamed of the day when Sin would be unrestrained, by his side, at his heel. Willingly. Wantonly. His.
    Von hadn't ever intended to enslave the creature for his own physical pleasure. That hadn't even crossed his mind… but the more he saw him, the more he observed this fantastical creature, the more he wanted him.
    And Von couldn't deny it. He wanted him.
    Von's plans were changing. Yes, he wanted to know the Dychiiop's genetic secrets, but no, he wouldn't harvest Sin when his testing was done.
    He would keep him.
    "Happy with the results, sir?" Rhys asked sardonically at the smiling madman as they stood at the glass panel, watching Sin scream as his body shuddered and shook.
    Von nodded, too absorbed with Sin to notice Rhys' scathing glare. "Yes, I am." Von rocked back on his heels with his hands in his pants pockets. He palmed his hardened cock, then looking at Rhys, he said, "This will do Sin for today. Rest him. Let him sleep."
    Rhys swallowed his surprise, "of course."
    Von went to his quarters to relieve his