We were never meant to meet; our pathways shouldn’t have crossed. And yet they did.

As an undercover DEA agent, I always thought things through. I didn’t consider chances, because I understood one misstep could have disastrous consequences.

Until I met her. The little sister of my following target.

Lola was a feisty young woman aiming to claw her way out of a poor community. She was forbidden in every sense of the word, and not just due to the sixteen-year age gap.

We were taught to anticipate the unpredicted, but nothing could have prepared me for that which was going to happen.

I fell hard. I fell fast. I freefalled center first. But there is a secret I had been keeping, and if exposed, it’d eliminate the lives of those I’d vowed to safeguard.

One wrong move and everything could erupt in our faces. Everything remained was one question . Was she worth it?