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Prologue

Jet Keller was all kinds of teht pants and with too olden-riirl’s rock-and-roll fantasy, with an edge that h to be hard to handle And boy, oh boy, did I want to handle him in every way possible

The trouble was that I was supposed to bea clean and much narrower path now There could be no stops for the kind of things Jet inspired along the way, and no detours for the spontaneous coht with hi at the situation—it was a two-against-one battle, withup short and ment

Ayden Cross was a puzzle that, every ti, proved to have five extra pieces and no corners For a long tiht she was a Southern belle, cos in cowboy boots, but then she would turn around and do so that knocked me on my ass

I had the feeling I didn’t know the real Ayden at all I would gladly spend the time it took to unravel it all, to undo her in every way I could But I knew firsthand what happened when two people who had opposite ideas of what a relationship should be tried to force it to work I wasn’t up for that, even if she eable in a way no one else ever had

So It Begins

It was totally against everything I was supposed to be doing in my new life—to ask a really cute boy in a band to take me home There were rules There were standards There were si the way I was—and sticking around to wait for Jet Keller was right on the top of the no-no list There was just soe the crohile he was onstage that turned my normally sensible brain to mush

I knew better than to askwith me

She was all about boys covered head-to-toe in ink and littered with jewelry in places the Lord never intended boys to be pierced She would just say it was the allure of someone so different, someone so obviously not my type, but I knew that wasn’t it

He was entrancing Every single person in the packed bar had their eyes on hi the crowd feel—I , and that was a

I hated heavyover even louder instruments But the show, the intensity, and the undeniable vibe of power he was unleashing with just his voice—there was just so Shaw to the front of the stage I couldn’t look away

Sure, he was good-looking All the guys who Shaw’s boyfriend ran around ere I wasn’t immune to a pretty face and a nice body; in fact, at one point those things had proven to be weaknesses that had gotten me in more trouble than I cared to think about Now I tended toward guys who I was attracted to on a more intellectual level

However, one too uy was e all about my new and improved standards in men

His hair looked like he had just shaken off whatever girl hadthe set he had peeled off his wife-beater to reveal a lean and tightly muscled torso that was covered from the base of his throat to soray tattoo of an angel of death He had on the tightest black jeans I had ever seen a guy wear, decorated with a variety of chains hanging from his belt to his back pocket, and they left little to the iination

That ht have been why Shaw and I were nowhere near the only fee

I had seen Jet before, of course He caular basis I knew that the eyes, now squeezed shut as he bellowed a note that was enough to have the girl to leaeous flirtation Jet was the char that, coet what he wanted

I felt a warm hand land on my shoulder and turned to look up at Shaw’s boyfriend, Rule He towered over the rest of the crowd and I could tell by the twist of his o Shaw didn’t even wait for hireen eyes

“I’ with him Are you ready?”

Shaw and I had a “leave no ht We had to screa vocals bo us from our prime location, so I bent down to holler in her ear

“I’ out for a bit I think I’ll see if Rule’s friend can give me a ride”

I saw her speculative look, but Shaw had her own boy drama to handle, so I knew she wasn’t about to try to tell h Rule’s arrin

“Call me if you need me”

“You know it”

I wasn’t the kind of girl who needed a wing solo and I had been taking care ofit was really second nature I kneould swoop in to graba cab took too long, and knowing she was there was enough

I watched the rest of the show in rapt fascination, and I was pretty sure that when Jet threw the , he winked atback a shot of Ja pounding in my head, that wink sealed the deal

I hadn’t been on the wild side in too long and Jet was the perfect tour guide for a quick refresher course