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Prologue

Mia, nine years old

Mia Banks stared up at the sky In the distance, she could hear her s and to men Mia had been told to stay out of the way, and she was The guys that caave her the creeps

Resting her hands beneath her head, she looked up and wondered what it would be like to be far away from this horrible place Every time she left her apart that it was a struggle to leave Her lad

Some of the dads would pull her ross Some of her classmates looked at her with disdain, and she had no friends at all

Suddenly, her mother came toward her

“What’s the round

Frootten what she wanted, and the fresh ”

Her mother would be happy for a little tio bad for a little while

“Honey, don’t ever let a man control you, and you stick up for yourself, okay? No one is ever worth this,” she said, pointing at herself

It wasn’t the first ti like her, and Mia doubted it would be the last

Leaning against her shoulder, she s on the stars”

“What were you wishing?” Herasleep It ar to take her to their room

“I ishing that when I was older there would be a man A man that is handsome, protective, and so sweet When he looks at ine a life without , and he’ll beabout her wish, and when she turned to her mother, she was already asleep

If she hadn’t heard, then she hoped with all of her heart that it would come true

Chapter One

Damian Denton stared down at his drink of whiskey, and wondered if he should order another one or the da, and all he wanted to do was fucking drink Staring at his elass, he slammed his hand on the table

“Fill me up, asshole,” Damian said

“He’s cut off”

He groaned as his oldest brother stood beside him Jacob Denton was a force to be reckoned with, but yet they were all forces to be reckoned with They were the Denton family, the coldest, hardest crime family in the world

“What the fuck are you doing here, brother? Don’t you have a place to fight for?” Dao the entire Denton clan had been handed so hilarious Not only was Jacob Denton not the firstborn, but they all had a half-brother, Gabriel Colton, as in fact a Denton Long story short, their dad had slept with Gabriel’s mom, as married to a Colton at the ti up under his ene the truth to light Since then, everything had gone to shit, but as far as Damian was concerned, he didn’t care

His life was at the bottom of the bottle, and that was exactly where he intended to stay He liked it here

“Don’t start, Daain?”

“I’ at a bar I’d say it’s pretty much self-explanatory”