His Lair

Lailani
Out of all the jobs I’ve had over the years, this has to be the most mundane.
It requires me to be someone completely different. A meek, quiet girl working to put herself through college. I really do deserve an Oscar.
It’s easy money, though. And honestly, it almost feels like a vacation compared to the assignments I’m used to taking on.
I’ve even managed to score myself a quick fling with a hot-as-sin bad boy. The problem is, he’s fallen for the act and has no idea who I really am.
Until my cover is blown, and I have no choice but to do the job I’ve been paid to do…
It shouldn’t matter. It’s just a fling, right? At least that’s what I’m telling myself when I see the disappointment in his eyes and not the lust I’m used to finding there.

Sammie
I’m good at reading people. It’s a big part of why I’m as successful as I am.
Nobody gets past me. No one.
Until her.
My gut told me from the start that something was different about her. I put it down to lust. To wanting something I shouldn’t.
A younger woman, with little experience and a whole lot of innocence. A woman who belongs nowhere near a man like me.
I took her anyway. I shielded her from the darkness in our world as best I could.
Little did I know, I didn’t need to shield her from anything. Because , as it turns out, she is the darkness in our world.