The Kat Trap

Cairo THE KAT TRAP

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO NAKEA MURRAY—

my literary sister, supporter and friend, who planted the seed and nourished the process, bringing life to a wonderful creation.

The Kat Trap wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for you challenging me to step outside of my box and pushing me along the way.

Thank you for being you! I am forever grateful for your undying support and encouragement.

ZANE PRESENTS THE KAT TRAP

Dear Reader:

There is only one word to describe this book: Hot! Cairo has exploded onto the scene with one of the hottest, engaging, realistic, street novels to date. Kat is an assassin but she is also a complex woman. Having been raised by a single mother, she learned early that her “cat” was the only thing men were truly interested in. So she decided to use it to her advantage and now she makes her living killing men at the exact moment that most men would yearn to die: while inside of her “Kat Trap.”

The sex scenes in this book are on fire, the storyline is incredible, and the relationships between Kat, her mother, her aunts, her friends, and her lovers are all clearly drawn out. You will not be able to put this book down. Cairo is the writer to be watched and the next book, entitled The Man Handler is coming your way soon.

Thanks for supporting one of my many authors under Strebor Books. I appreciate the love. Make sure you join us on www.planetzane.net or visit me on the web at www.eroticanoir.com.

Peace and Many Blessings,

Zane

Publisher

Strebor Books International

www.simonandschuster.com/streborbooks

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

All praises to the Almighty, who continues to forgive me and love me in spite of all of my shortcomings. It is through HIS grace and mercy that I am still evolving, still growing and still learning how to be better than the day before, one step at a time.

I’d like to thank the following special people who helped make The Kat Trap a reality:

My agent, Sara Camilli; my publisher, Zane; Charmaine Parker, Navorn—editor extraordinaire, and a very special thanks to my publicist, Yona Deshommes. I appreciate all of you for being a part of this literary adventure.

My literary friends, who shared their thoughts during the early stages of this writing project and listened to me whine about Nakea daring me to leave my comfort zone: Anna J and Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker. Thanks a million, for the laughs and the support!

And lastly to the readers, I thank you in advance for your support. Without you, this journey would be senseless. I truly appreciate you, and hope you enjoy reading The Kat Trap just as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Cairo

CHAPTER ONE

They say the closest ones to ya are the same ones who’ll sneak up behind ya and stick the knife through ya. Sleepin’ on me is your biggest mistake. Close ya eyes, and ya’ll find ya’self in a river of blood. One for the money, one for the nut, one bullet to the skull…nigga, what?!

My name is Katrina, Kat for short. Voluptuous, vivacious, and vicious—at five-feet-eight, a buck-twenty-five, I’m that bitch. Be clear. Fine, fly, and fabulous with a wicked brain game and a fat, wet, deep pussy so good it makes a nigga shake the minute I wrap my walls around his dick. I’m that chick with the small waist and the Hottentot Venus ass: big, round, and juicy. The kinda ass that makes a nigga’s jaw drop and his neck snap every time I walk past. Niggas love it when I make my bootie bounce, shake, and clap for ’em. With my cinnamon skin, shoulder-length hair, thick lashes wrapped around chinky eyes, I am a hood goddess. I’m that chick the bitches bow down to, and niggas worship. I was born and bred in Brooklyn, a product of one of the most notorious housing projects known for drugs and murders. If you’re an uninvited or unwanted guest, beware. You might get in, but you comin’ out either slashed up, beat down, or bodied.

I’ma keep it real cute for ya. Ain’t shit sweet ’bout life on the compound—the hood, the concrete jungle. It’s ruthless. Game recognizes game. And ya either learn to play hard or get played. Ya either eat or be eaten. It’s that simple. Make no mistake: The hood don’t give a fuck ’bout you or the next chick. And it definitely ain’t beat for what the next nigga’s into. You either handle ya business or get handled. Ain’t no way ’round it. I ain’t tryna make excuses. It is what it is. I learned how to handle mine without sellin’ my ass, or suckin’ a string of dicks in alleyways or up on somebody’s rooftop. I studied the game, watched its playas, and mastered the rules without stuntin’ on the next bitch, or hustlin’ a nigga off his grip. I ain’t have to claw or scheme my way up to nobody’s top. I’m from Brooklyn, baby! I kicked open the muhfuckin’ door of opportunity, smashed out its windows, and fuckin’ snatched my spot ’cause I’m that bitch.

So, if ya lookin’ to hear me spit some whack-ass story ’bout some fast-assed little ho from the hood stretched out on a pissy mattress in shit-stained panties, eating dry-ass cereal out of a dirty-assed plastic bowl watching cartoons on a busted-ass black-and-white TV while counting roaches, then you got the wrong one. If ya wanna hear ’bout a bitch goin’ hungry ’cause her moms sold her food stamps to get high, nope…not gonna get it. If ya lookin’ to hear ’bout some young chick who got her ass beat with extension cords, razor straps, and switches because she was too hot in the ass, then ya might as well step now, ’cause that ain’t what I’m here to serve ya. Yeah, we had roaches, okay…who didn’t? But I never got my ass beat, always had food to eat, and I ain’t never laid around on no pissy-assed mattress.

Uh, yeah, a bitch was born poor. Yeah, my moms was clockin’ welfare, and? Her ass still worked, though. And she gave me what she thought I needed, which—outside of food and a roof over my head—was close to nothin’. Fuck what I wanted. No, she wasn’t on crack or dope or a fuckin’ drunk. Maybe she shoulda been. But I can’t give ya no fucked-up tales of watchin’ her smoke up, shoot up, or snort up. And I can’t tell ya jack ’bout no tricks or johns runnin’ up in her pussy all hours of the day and night. Sellin’ her ass wasn’t her thing. Yeah, she went through men like water, and moved one in after the other…okay, and? That’s her story, not mine. She did her thing,