Sweet Collateral

Sold. Traded. Bought, by the ruthless leader of the Juarez cartel.Rafael D'Cruze is a bad man, and he can't possibly want me for anything good. Just when I expect him to take and hurt, and use, he doesn't.And somewhere in my broken mind, his captivity begins to feel like kindness. He starts to feel like salvation.I should hate him and everything he stands for. I should want him dead, but I find myself wondering what it would feel like to be in his arms. To want a man's touch.Maybe I truly am broken. Or perhaps in a world of monsters, I just want to be loved by one.I'm his sweet collateral and he's my monster…