Todd Ruger is a sentry, a very good one, some might say the best. He was eleven when he and Nick were bound as master and slave. Todd spent the years Nick lived in the slave village waiting for the day Nick could leave and they’d be together, bit by bit building a life for both of them. He took his role of master seriously. It was his responsibility to provide for Nick, protect him and along the way he learned to love him. Todd loved Nick deeply and completely. They were more than a pair of sentries. Todd and Nick were friends, lovers, mates.<br><br>Eighteen months ago, Nick left the small village where he’d spent his entire life being raised and trained as a slave. Blessed with a unique skill set, Nick became a sentry. He took his place beside his master, Todd Ruger, defending society against the many paranormal threats that abound. They became more than master and slave, they became mates. Nick had found a home with Todd and together they became a family. Eventually, Nick’s special abilities and skills attract the attention of the second most powerful man in New Colorado Protectorate’s government, Vice Chancellor Clarke. Or, maybe certain people knew of Nick all along and just now had cause to use him. He believes Nick might be the answer to explaining Chancellor Shaffer’s sudden, unusual behavior.<br><br>Forced to go undercover the Chancellor’s Estate, Todd and Nick discover an ancient and deadly creature preying on residents of the estate. The same creature that is radically effecting Chancellor Shaffer. A creature only Nick can see in its true form. It hunts using specialized skills and has Todd and Nick in its crosshairs. Even if they defeat the creature and survive, they still face the possibility of being torn from each other when their lives are thrown into chaos by the thing they’re hunting.

Together Bound

He knelt beside his mate, staring, hardly blinking at the sight of Nick, asleep and streaked with Todd’s ejaculate.


Why had Nick nearly passed out between the shack and Todd’s quarters? Todd rubbed his forehead. Nick hadn’t even twitched when Todd had shot semen over him, rubbed it on him. It was wrong, very wrong, and Todd’s brain refused to kick into gear and get ahold of the answers.


Grunting, he shoved away from Nick and landed hard on his ass on the floor beside the bed. He crab-walked backward until he could stand and retreated once again to the chair, pulling his pants and belt into place as he climbed in and curled his legs up to his chest.


Todd sat trembling, barely processing what he’d just done. It had been primal and vulgar, and those were things Todd was not. Gripping his hands tightly together over his legs, Todd sat there, watching Nick sleep, pulling jerky breaths into his dry mouth, rocking to and fro.


Chapter 49