When Dylan Russell unintentionally kills his ex-lover, Tommy, he knows he's in trouble. Then he meets a man named Mars Marsden who offers him a solution -- join the covert organization C21. An outfit made up of good men and women who ended up on the wrong side of the law, C21 now gives these people a chance to track and punish those criminals to whom the law doesn't seem to apply. Dylan should fit right in.<br><br>After meeting Mars' handler, Dylan learns Tommy was an arms trafficker. Somewhat reluctantly, he agrees to go undercover to help bring down the rest of Tommy's gang. After this dangerous induction into his new life, Dylan is sent for training.<br><br>But Dylan is a marked man. Not only are the police looking for him, but when one of Tommy's old colleagues discovers where Dylan is being trained, things get interesting. Can he and Mars survive the jobs they're sent on? And, more importantly, can their purely sexual relationship deepen into something more before the work they do tears them apart?

Dylan's Dilemma

“Boy. I…I doubt it. I killed him out of panic. He was threatening my livelihood and my new-found independence from his controlling ways.”


“Don’t you think he and Webb were doing the same thing on a more global scale?”


“Philosophy discussions this early in the day?” Mars asked. He sounded amused. But he looked like hell in Dylan’s opinion, when he turned to see Mars standing at the entrance from the hallway.


“You shouldn’t be up,” Dylan said, resisting the urge to hurry over to help Mars to the sofa. He knew the man would not appreciate it if he did.


“Yeah? Well, lying in bed isn’t getting things done. Besides, I had to pee.”


“Falling on your face won’t get things done either,” Alastair said tartly. “Do you need more pills?”


“They might help.” Mars moved slowly to the sofa, grimacing with pain as he sat. “Them and coffee.”


Dylan went to get him some, while Alastair left the room, returning to hand Mars two painkillers.


Chapter 25