Water in the Desert

"You say I don't know you, but you spend so much time analyzing other people you hardly know yourself. You say you are in control of your life and have power, but how can you say that when you can't even control yourself.... They say people are born craving light. That only in times of darkness can we seek it out. You... you have been in the dark so long that you don't even know the difference. You may think you only need yourself but look how far that has gotten you. How can a man so intelligent be so blind?"
"How can I look for something I have never wanted?" The man stared into my eyes overwhelmingly.
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She was like water in the desert. She healed and soothed it's parched lips.
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Leon Chandler was a desert, he was a human being starved for something he was not looking for. Leon is fast he didn't wait for anyone. No one could catch him or tame the wild man. But Marina Longisland was a woman who was not willing to back down to Leon. So when she his hired to be his assistant and Leon makes business deals with the wrong men, danger comes knocking at Marina's door. The two are forced to race the clock as they travel across the country while men with big guns are hunting them.
Could she be the water in the dessert that Leon has been blindly looking for? Or will Leon find Marina as a threat to his success and turn away from her?