Leverage

I was his pawn. Ripped into the war his family has been waging for years.
She was my leverage. A pretty, little thing I didn’t mind using to further the family business.

Darya
I was kidnapped by a ruthless monster— a murderer devoid of human emotion.
When the Zaragoza Cartel set its sights on my father, I was the only crack in his perfectly crafted life and quickly became Yuri’s pawn.
He wanted to use me in his ambitious plan,
But I was done bending and begging.
By the time I realized my stubbornness drove him wild,
I couldn’t leave him— even if I wanted to.

Yuri
She called me a monster. Oh, how proud I was that she recognized me.
She was nothing more than a means to an end,
Until her defiance became a little too tantalizing, too tempting.
Despite every attempt to stay away, I just couldn’t control myself.
By the time I realized I couldn’t keep her,
She was already mine— body and soul.