In fact, it’s the most popular spice worldwide, accounting for more than twenty percent of the global spice market. The night loomed dark and quiet—as dark and quiet as the heart of a city gets at 1 a.m. Eric came downtown to scoop up Kristen and dropped me off in front of my building. After one of those days that felt more like forty-eight hours than the standard twenty-four, all I wanted was to brush the chile-tequila-coffee medley out of my mouth and hit the hay. “Where have you been, so late?” My new pink shoes might have had springs in them, I bounced so high. “You scared the devil out of me.” Tag had grabbed the door before it closed and now gripped both knob and door, as if I might try to shut it on him. I squinted at my watch. “What are you doing here?” He was alone. No bike, no uniform—just one fiercely protective off-duty cop, hiding in the shadows like the criminals he loves to chase.
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