The Flesh Cartel #2: Auction

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Rachel Haimowitz
Heidi Belleau Riptide Publishing
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    The Flesh Cartel, #2: Auction

    Copyright © 2012 by Rachel Haimowitz and Heidi Belleau

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    about the
flesh
cartel
s e a s o n 1 : d a m n a t i o nSublime service, made to order.
    The Flesh Cartel: an international, multi-billion-dollar black market that trades in lost souls. Or more specifically, their bodies.
    Highly organized and frighteningly efficient, the Flesh Cartel could teach even the KGB a thing or two about breaking a human mind. Fortunately for their ultra-rich clients, they’re just as skilled at putting people back together again—as perfect pets, well-trained and eager to please.
    No matter what your secret tastes or dark desires, the Flesh Cartel—for the right price, of course—will handdesign the plaything of your dreams.
    about the
flesh
cartel
    e p i s o d e 2 : a u c t i o n In episode two of The Flesh Cartel, the dark purpose behind Mat and Dougie Carmichael’s abduction is revealed. Though Dougie is protected from the worst of the guards’ brutality, he’s disgusted to find himself halfway to broken—despairing of escape and terrified of pain. Mat holds onto hope despite repeated rapes and beatings, but threats toward his brother teach him well to lay aside his pride and pick his battles carefully.
Worn down by days of unrelenting fear and abuse, Mat and Dougie are packaged and marketed with the same ruthless efficiency as any consumer product: Dougie the prettyboy twink, Mat the rabid pit bull. They are led to the auction block as the showpiece of the house’s collection. Mat would rather be beaten to death than play the role of obedient slave for sale, but Dougie, desperate not to be separated from his brother, strikes a deal with the pitiless Madame who runs the auction house and controls both their fates. It might just be enough to keep them together— slaves, but together—
assuming Mat even wants to be after Dougie fulfills his end of his deal with the devil.
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table of
contents
    Nikolai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 3 . . . . . .