The Dare
Natalia Lamb

I’ve only been in New York for one week. I moved here for college with my best friend, Kat.
We wanted our first weekend to be the stuff made of dreams.
I didn’t realize that a simple dare would land me in the arms of a mafia king.
I didn’t even know the mafia still existed.
Not until I met Max.
I fluttered over to him like a butterfly.
Drawn like a moth to the tall, dark, and extremely handsome man in the corner of the room.
His blue eyes pierced mine and the flame in my stomach came alive.
I thought that was his signal that he wanted me.
I don’t know how I missed that he was in the middle of a deal.
Or the many bodyguards surrounding him.
I had one thing on my mind.
I pulled him down for one perfect kiss.
And that was that.
The kiss led to the hottest night of my life.
I fled early the following day, thinking I’d continue on with my life and new adventure.
Only I was wrong.
Max Salvatore is not a man you walk away from.
And I found that out when he showed up in my dorm that
With a ring, a pair of handcuffs, and two bodyguards.
You see, what Max Salvatore wants, he gets.
And apparently, he wants me.
What have I gotten myself into?
That’s the question Max will be asking when I’m done with him.