Master Saint sat in the auction hall watching the proceedings. It had been some time since The Collective had gathered for an auction, as those could only happen when there were enough Boys available to put on the block. The Masters of The Collective were quite satisfied with The Boys that they currently owned and were not ready to release them.
There were several new Boys—Jack Waters, among them—waiting to be sold. New Boys were desirable and always brought a high price. If they were easily available to all of the bidders, though, the market for the other boys, however handsome or well-trained they might be, would be in danger of crashing and that would not be to anyone’s benefit.
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