Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 9

himself, to defend himself. His body screamed to change. His body trembled, his skin crawled, he itched. But he reined it in, he kept his temper in check while the two thugs hauled him through the corridors of Sector Seven.
    They stopped at Sin's room, and when the doors slid open, Rhys was thrown onto the floor. He noticed Sin first. He was restrained with the same electric cuffs that bound Rhys' hands, but the cuffs were over his head, holding him inches off the floor. He was dressed in the black leather pants Von insisted he wore when in human form. His eyes were wide, but through his fear, he played his part.
    He stayed in the human form Von found so alluring. He could have changed into any form to escape, but he needed to not let on that Rhys hadn't chemically altered him in days. If Sin changed at will, Von would know the extent of Rhys' treachery.
    "Don't look at him," Von barked at Rhys, making him look at him instead of at Sin.
    It was then Rhys saw Von. Normally impeccably dressed, he was now disheveled. His suit jacket and shirt was open, revealing the taut skin underneath. But it was eyes. They were wild, as though he'd gone mad.
    Rhys knew this was it. There was no going back from this.
    His mind flashed to his other undercover agents, their safety and whether he'd blown their cover. Still on the floor, he straightened up, but Von stopped him before he could really move.
    "Stay on your knees," Von hissed at him. He stepped closer to his Sin and ran his hand gently across Sin's face, down his neck to his naked chest. He turned to Rhys. "I can touch him," he whispered. "Me, not you."
    Rhys started, "Von, I can-"
    Von held up his index finger to silence him. "Don't. I saw it all." Then Von traced his fingertips over Sin's stomach. "You've been talking to him, touching him for weeks."
    Then he smiled and turned to the two guards who had escorted Rhys to the room as they stood at the glass wall. "The other three agents. Kill them in their beds."
    Rhys gasped. "Von-"
    Von watched the two guards walk away and smiled at Rhys. "Your fellow traitors, mmm," he mused as though deciding on which shoes to wear. "I thought of harvesting them, but changed my mind."
    Rhys leapt to his feet, but the electric cuffs shot currents through his body, bringing him back to his knees. He fell, slumped to the cold floor with a groan. Sin fought against his restraints at the sight of Rhys in pain, and Von chuckled.
    Rhys took some deep breaths and growled at Von. "You don't want to do that."
    Von just smiled, oblivious to the internal war within Rhys. Unaware of how he fought to stay in human form, how his skin twitched and crawled with the need to change, screamed for it.
    But Rhys couldn't give himself away. Not yet. Not until he had to.
    Not until Sin was safe.
    "Oh, but I do," Von said. "I want to do a lot of things."
    Rhys looked up at Von then, only to see he now had both hands on Sin. He was raking his hands over his torso, down his sides. Sin looked at Rhys for any kind of sign; a nod, anything while trying to pull away from Von.
    But Von grabbed Sin's chin and made him look at him. "Look at me. He can't help you. He's just here to watch."
    Rhys looked at the madman. "Watch what?"
    Von grinned. "Watch me make Sin mine. Watch me take him, claim him, fuck him."
    "No," Sin breathed.
    Von ignored him, instead walking around him, tracing his fingers along his skin as he walked to stand behind him. "Oh, yes."
    "You don't want to do that," Rhys warned him, again trying to keep his body in check.
    "Oh, but I do," Von said longingly. "I've wanted him since I first saw him."
    Von ran his hands down Sin's shoulders, down his back and over his ass. He rubbed his hand over the leather, then with both hands, he pulled the pants over Sin's ass, exposing him.
    Sin tried to pull away, but his restrained hands held him in place. "Rhys?"
    Rhys looked at his Sin, and again tried to stand, but was again surged with electric currents. He fell back to the floor, his body still shaking, shivering, trying to rein in his control.
    Suddenly there was a commotion, a raucous, somewhere down the hall, and Rhys remembered Von had given the order to kill his fellow agents.
    Von chuckled, and grabbing Sin's hips, he pulled him against him, rubbing Sin's ass over his cock. "You speak his name for the last time, Sin. Because after I've finished with you, you'll be forever mine."
    Letting go of Sin, Von undid his belt then unbuttoned his suit pants and pulled