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Found, Forgotten, and Everything In Between

Author: Krystal Bahmz
last update publish date: 2026-02-07 21:57:58

Morning in the Serrano house never understood the meaning of the word slow.

Somewhere down the hall, a blender roared to life. Children’s laughter bounced off the walls. The old kitchen radio murmured soft reggaeton. And someone—God knew who—had already started yelling about shoes before the sun had even fully hauled itself up.

I stood at the kitchen sink, fingers curled over the cold granite edge, letting the faucet run for a second before I shut it off again.

My neck felt… bare.

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    Zach didn’t answer fast enough.I looked at Diego. “Papa know?”Diego fired toward the bar. “We only found out when they breached the perimeter.”“The perimeter?” I let out a short laugh. “I went out for a drink. I wasn’t attending a NATO summit.”“Señorita…”“Don’t Señorita me right now, Diego.”Zach turned his head slightly. “Focus.”I stared at his back. “Don’t give me orders like I’m your wife.”“If you were my wife, I would’ve tied you to a chair fifteen minutes ago.”I smiled thinly. “Very healthy fantasy.”He fired to the side without taking his eyes off me. The man trying to move in from the left jerked back, his weapon dropping, his body hitting the floor.Zach kept looking at me.Kept.Looking at me.“This is not the time to fight me,” he said.“I’m not fighting you.”“Krystal.”“I’m considering my options.”“Your option is staying alive.”I didn’t answer.“For once, use that brain of yours to survive instead of stabbing at me.” He moved half an inch closer, close enough tha

  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   Blood & Neon

    The glass blew inward, rough and brutal.A mess.Shards hit the floor, the tables, the shoulders of people ducking for cover. They bounced off my shoes and caught in my hair like confetti from hell.Zach shoved me down with one hand at the back of my neck.My chest hit his waist. My knees slammed into the floor, sticky with tequila and something I very much hoped wasn’t blood.Cheap alcohol, cigarette smoke, sweat, sweet perfume, and gunpowder all tangled in my nose. Five minutes ago, this club had been ugly in a fun way. Now it looked like someone had taken a bad decision, handed it an automatic weapon, and told it to run.“Zach…”“Shut up.”Naturally, a shootout was when his control issues decided to make a full comeback.I resisted the urge to bite his calf.Another shot hit the bar behind us. Bottles shattered. Brown and clear liquor sprayed everywhere like expensive rain with no class. People screamed.A woman crawled under a table with one shoe missing. Nicolás, the guy in the d

  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   A Kiss, a Lie, a Gunshot

    He kissed me back.And it should have satisfied me.It should have.But Zach Romano had a way of turning defeat into something that still felt like a win, especially when I was the idiot standing there breathless because of him.His hand cradled the back of my head, his fingers sliding into my hair, already half-loose from the claw clip, pulling me close enough that my breath snagged in my throat. His mouth pushed deeper against mine, and my knees, traitorous little idiots, gave up immediately.Damn it.I kissed him back. I wasn’t a saint, and he wasn’t some moral test I could pass with one quick prayer.Both my hands rose to his neck and locked him, my fingers brushing the warm skin just beneath his hairline. He tensed beneath my fingers, just enough to give himself away. I liked knowing I could do that to him. I liked it too much. So I pulled him closer.A low sound rumbled out of his throat.Music slammed in from every direction. Someone near the bar shrieked with laughter. Shoes c

  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   Lola & the Don

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  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   Women Like Me

    In the foyer, two of Papa’s men were already standing there like they had come out of the walls.Not the overly obvious kind. They wore dark jackets, ordinary faces, extraordinary bodies. One of them, Diego, a man in his forties with a small scar near his chin, looked at my sandals with an expression that was both deeply professional and deeply pained.“Señorita.”“Don’t.”He shut his mouth.I took a car key from the marble bowl by the door. Not the most expensive car in the garage, and not the fastest either. A low black SUV normal enough not to make everyone on the road immediately think cartel princess, though the plates probably still screamed I have family problems.The Medellín night air touched my skin as soon as I stepped outside.Warm. A little damp. Smelling of earth, exhaust, night-blooming flowers, and a city that never really slept.I got into the car, started the engine, then looked in the rearview mirror.One black car came to life a few meters behind me.At the far end

  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   Boots, Blood, and Boardwalk

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    I watched her back as she arranged vegetables inside the oversized fridge. I grabbed a large pot and set it on the induction stove. My hands moved easily, tearing open the packaging on the fresh beef. The raw, iron-heavy smell hit my nose, awakening a low, lazy hunger deep in my stomach.“Hey,” I c

  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   counting bullets, not blessings

    In every corner, brass sconces cast a soft yellow glow, drawing long shadows across the limestone walls. The sound of waves crashing grew louder as I neared my room at the end of the hallway, ocean wind slamming against rock like a thousand secrets dying to be told.I opened the bedroom door. Warm.

  • TO HATE, TO TOUCH, TO RUIN   Handsome Devil in a Tailored Sin

    I raised an eyebrow.“Not done,” I said quickly. “I’m just getting started. I still want to know… Who was the first woman you locked inside this stone fortress? Was she pretty? Obedient? Dead? Or did you bury her out back? Do you keep her bones in a closet, Zach? Do you—”He stepped closer, just ha

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