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

“I’ll be in touch with you at midnight sharp.” With that said, Dylan hung up.


“Damn, Alastair was right.” Jonah looked at Dylan in admiration. “You would have made on slick conman if you’d decided to go that route.”


“Except my shaking hands would give me away,” Dylan retorted with a half-smile, holding them out.


“The trick is to clasp them behind your back, as if you didn’t have a care in the world,” Mars said.


“Hard to do when I’m on the phone.”


Dylan laughed, more in relief that he’d pulled it off than at what Mars said. “I know.” He looked at Jonah. “Was I okay with setting it for tonight? I figured it wouldn’t give him much of a chance to prepare.”


“That was perfect. Especially the touch about not telling him where until midnight. It won’t give him much lead time to check things out and get men in position.”


“Or to know when we’ve intercepted them,” Mars added. “He won’t be able to replace them before he thinks you’re going to show up, Dylan.”


Chapter 49