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After a truly embarrassing and uncomfortable run-in with CGIS Special Agent Davis Nishida the night before, Kai wakes to a horrible hangover and the brutal murder of a Navy petty officer that leaves all of NCIS horrified. Her investigation leads her to none other than Davis, only to discover that the person she's seeking is missing.. Things get interesting after that, and she finds herself trying to navigate the leads in the case while working at handling her buried emotions for Davis that had built over the years. Her haunting past was her biggest hurdle to happiness, and now Davis was the catalyst who was making her look hard at her losses to find some safe ground in which to heal. Could she overcome all that pain...for him...for their happily ever after? Davis has pursued Kai in the past, but had been shut down every time, but when they're thrust into this harrowing investigation that takes them to Ecuador in pursuit of answers to confounding questions, and recent personal losses, he and Kai begin to connect. Now his only mission is to keep them alive in a place where they can trust no one but each other.
NCIS Supervisory Special Agent in Charge Kai Talbot takes an interest in a case that involves a petty officer who was tortured and murdered in her home. After a preliminary investigation, the victim is tied to a CGIS agent, but when Kai goes to question him, she finds him missing. She also finds CGIS Special Agent Davis Nishida, a man she has been fantasizing about ever since she first met him and to top it off, she’d just had an embarrassing encounter with him the night before. The man took her out of her comfort zone and tested her control. His dark good looks, his take charge attitude, and the chemistry that sizzles between them all added up to a serious problem. A lifetime ago she lost so tragically that she never wanted to be that vulnerable again. But Davis stirred something in her that is irresistible and compelling. Working together was like flicking the switch on a bomb. There’s no doubt it’s going to go off…violently.
Davis finds himself back in the presence of Kai, the intriguing, tough but fair leader of the crack NCIS team. He’s determined to make this a joint operation between the services. After a terrible tragedy that compounds and confuses the case, Kai and Davis find themselves going to Ecuador. He and Kai dig in deeper and the deeper they go, the closer they get to that predicted explosion. The tempting and captivating presence of Kai, a sensual pressure undermining his control, is already pushing so many buttons. As the threat builds and the investigation heats up, so does their connection, but will they be able to find a path forward once the case is solved…if they survive.