Loose Ends

EXCERPT:
"That's very noble of you," I say.

"Noble?" He raises an eyebrow at me.

"Yeah. Morality is nuanced. Sometimes preventing harm from every being done in the first place is more of a net positive force than going in and saving people from the aftermath."

"You know, for someone who makes a lot of poor decisions, you're very wise." He says softly

He places his big hands on my waist, and before he can change his mind, I throw my arms around his neck and bring my lips to his with urgency. I feel his lips turn up into a smile against mine as he begins to kiss me back. He loosens his grip on my waist and instead brings his arms around me to gently hold me as he deepens the kiss, his tongue caressing mine. My hands go to run through his soft curls as I am suddenly overcome with the urge for more, an urge that has been lurking in the back of my mind since the moment I realized his ambivalence towards me was all an act.
***
Vic Monroe finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time after months of living in a grief-driven fugue state, going from random waitress to a hostage who has heard too much. For some reason, her beautiful and mysterious captor, Alexander Alvarez, cartel boss extraordinaire, doesn't immediately dispose of her.

Instead, he asks her to work for him.

Vic is surprised to find that she is happy to have the chance to be around Alexander, especially since she had thought that she permanently lost the capacity for emotions after living in a pit of isolated despair for the better half of a year. Maybe it was the sensation of her grief finally lifting, maybe it was the effect of lust setting in in its place, maybe it was a standard case of Stockholm syndrome. Or maybe, she was just falling for him.

With every passing day, she's drawn deeper into Alexander's dangerous world and she enjoys every second of it, until she stumbles upon a secret about her past that changes everything.