He detested bureaucrats. It did not please Mark that he was once again answering to Homeland Security. What he found even more unnerving was his reaction to Bane. It started after they had shared a few cups of coffee. If it had been whiskey, he would have sworn Bane slipped him rohypnol and had his way with him. If he had, it wasn’t rape, Mark’s cock twitched every time he looked the CDC goon in the face. And if that didn’t please Mark Stern the doctor, it pleased Mark Stern the alpha male even less. He knew he was bisexual. The gender of his lovers was completely immaterial to Mark. But Mark was commitment phobic and, from experience, had learned to be one suspicious son of a bitch. As a result, Mark was having some difficulty accepting that Bane had gotten his hooks in deep and quick. It felt both right and wrongat the same time and it was driving him nuts. Flagen, he simply disliked. But both were excellent physicians, he had to give them that.