Addiction

That woman was hell. And Dal Kilmer, a high-ranking CIA agent was willing to go down in flames with her in order to conquer her.... And this realization shook him... It shattered his so perfectly disciplined ego...His tidy colorless world.... He was addicted to Amanda Moore, and this addiction he felt he could not fight.Yes! I wanted him in the absolute and in the now, but his life was already on the line, and that wouldn't change. He would never back down. He was made of indestructible cement, his character, and he was cracked before I could even stir it...water it down...lest he fall into Caiaphas like a hard plumb bob.... I've faced death in the face many times, tasted it in my mouth, it has stung my flesh. But I fought with it, the way I've been trained to fight. Because that's who I am, that's what I do, and it's something that doesn't change. Life is a prolonged loss of everything we love. After all, there is no gain without loss, the consolation