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Prologue

Hawk

Four o…

I’ve been paged to the Lewis Hotel don and I’ like a brat lately, but today’s her birthday Her eighteenth birthday I wanted to stay with her today and et herself into trouble but her father had other plans

I’ve worked for the Torres family for the last ten years and I’ve provenarea and when he called irl I took on that responsibility with my life He’s not the kind of man you want to let down, so I was surprised when today of all days, he let her out of the house without so much as a driver to stay with her

I’ve been worried sick about Piper and what the hell she’s gotten herself into She’s not norer, but she loves to rile hts of her in that da my fists as I walk into the hotel and bypass the front desk When she texted me her location and the room number I drove as fast as I could and now I’ up the stairs because the elevator will take too long

By the ti in et to her door I see that it’s slightly ajar

I’ve protected Piper since she was eight years old and the thought of so her has my skin on fire I push open the door and rush inside, and the sight of what’s beforedead in my tracks

The sound of the door sla compared to the roar of adrenaline in my chest

“Hey, Hawk,” she says softly from the bed

She’s spread out on top of the silk bed co It’s a diamond in the shape of a s round tits Her pink nipples are pinched tight and it looks like she’s been playing with them

“Piper,” I s