The captive's kiss

gainst the harshness, her senses coming to life as the heaviness of her wrists bound tightly behind her

e. The last thing she remembered was leaving a meeting with her colleagues at the community d

know who had taken her or why. Her heart was racing as she strained to hear beyond the

re stepped inside silhouetted against the dim light. He moved closer, Ava's breath hitching in her thr

ing her voice to be steady while

at's an interesting question." Closer still he came, the light revealing a scar that traced down his cheek to serve

he defiance was swelling inside of her. "I was

ice low and smooth, yet with a dangerous underlining. "Oh, but I can. You have merel

ns. She had uncovered connections with organized crime

, trying to keep the

he flash of something behind his steely eyes-frustration,

ting the better of her. "You're just going t

ou think I am like the rest?

," she shot back, eyes narrowi

emed to thicken the air between them. "Then we'

tirred-a spark of defiance. "And if I have nothing to t

r, a smirk playing on his lips. "Then I gue

unded. Never had she felt so alive and yet so afraid. With every breath, she kne