Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
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Read between January 18 - February 11, 2024
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There was something about crossing that boundary that seemed to shake loose all the morals and taboos people took for granted. When anything was within your grasp, it got harder and harder to remember why you shouldn’t take it—money, power, your dream job, your dream fuck, a life.
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To pay your debts, you had to know who you owed. You had to decide who you were willing to go to war for and who you trusted to jump into the fray for you. That was all there was in this world. No heroes or villains, just the people you’d brave the waves for, and the ones you’d let drown.
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We all want things we shouldn’t.”
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You know your problem?” “A predilection for first editions and women who like to lecture me about myself?”
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Alex hesitated. “Dawes … if this doesn’t go the way we planned … thanks for taking care of me.” “I’m fairly sure you’ve almost died several times since we met.” “It’s the almost that counts.”
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Like all cats, Cosmo would arrive when he wanted to and not a moment before.