Mia hasn’t had an easy life growing up in a trailer park with an abusive father. But after her father is arrested, she’s finally free. She moves in with her older brother who officially takes custody of her and for a moment she finally believes everything will be okay. That’s until she discovers her brother has a dark secret he has been keeping from her. Him and his friends are part of an illicit underground fighting ring. As Mia is accidentally thrust into this world, she soon catches the eyes of the infamous and ruthless fighter Kaden Scott, who is known for his undefeated record. Even though Mia wants no part of this life, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Kaden and his mysterious, fast paced life. And against her brother’s wishes, she can’t seem to get enough of him and the danger that lurks around him.
View MoreI couldn’t believe how relieved I felt when the door opened and Kaden peeked in.I was sitting at Silver’s bedroom desk just finishing up my Algebra homework when I saw that lovable grin on his face.“Hey there.” He spoke. “Can I come in?”I couldn’t control the wide smile that spread across my own face.I pushed back and ran to him jumping into his arms and kissing him simultaneously. He tightened his arms around my waist lifting me off the ground slightly.He chuckled as he set me down. “Someone really missed me.” He commented.I shrugged. If only he knew I would much rather be with him than endure Silver’s cold shoulder any longer.“Where’s Silv?” He asked as if reading my mind.“She said she went to get some snacks downstairs.” I responded hoping the underlying skepticism wasn’t too obvious.“Huh.” Kaden spoke thoughtfully.He moved his jaw to the side as if stretching it. “And how long has she been gone?”I shrugged. “I don’t know, fifteen minutes?”Definitely long enough for me
When we got to the Reyes mansion, Silver didn’t say anything at all. The entire drive had been silent and awkward and I for sure thought she would breech the topic of our estrangement but none of that came up. When Silver took off her seat belt and tried to exit the car, I put on my big girl pants and just decided to address the situation. “Are we cool?” I asked out loud. Silver slowed down and turned to give give me a look that showed she was obviously taken aback by my question. I sighed. “Are we okay, Silv? Ever since Kaden and I got back together, it’s been… awkward between the two of us.” Silver paused. She let go of the car handle and fiddled with her car keys. “I don’t have a problem with you and Kaden being back together, Mia.” It was my turn to be surprised. “Uhm, I didn’t mean it that way… I - wait, do you have a problem with Kaden and I dating?” Silver opened her mouth then closed it. “No. That’s not what I meant.” She spoke quickly. I rubbed my arm feeling uncomfo
“The countdown has officially begun!” Rochelle announced excitedly as she set up the strip away pad that currently had a huge 12 on it.I yelped squeezing Ross’ hand and I jumped up and down.“I can’t believe prom is in 12 days.”Ross straightened his glasses looking at my hand that clutched his in confusion.“What I can’t believe is that we actually managed not to screw up this entire process.” He spoke.Ted walked over grinning at the printed out prom fliers. He picked one up, admiring it. “Tell me about it. I don’t know how you did it, Mia, but you somehow made the entire thing actually not look like crap.”I flushed. “Please, we all did this.” I spoke as I let go of Ross and walked up to straighten some of the left over tickets on the desk Branson was sitting at.Branson smirked at me. “Your modesty amazes me.”“It amazes all of us.” Fridah spoke from where she was monitoring Ted finishing up the playlist making sure he didn’t add any music that the principal would surely call us
The cheers were deafening and I felt my heart beat in anticipation as Kaden showed up in the middle of the ring with a man a few inches taller than him but almost roughly the same build.I clutched the seat as I heard the referee explaining something to both of them.Finally the countdown started and before I knew it, the first punch landed right against Kaden’s jaw.Kaden immediately returned a blow and soon they were both a flurry of boxing gloves being exchanged.I was practically holding my breath as the other guy kept landing punch after punch.More than I had ever seen Kaden allow.“Tighten up Kaden!” Dylan yelled furiously from the other end.Kaden was mostly on defence now and I understood because the other guy had lightning fast movements.“He’s playing safe.” Rand spoke wincing when Kaden was hit again.“Yeah, probably because he doesn’t want to lose his teeth.” Silver spoke. She was trying too hard to appear nonchalant about everything but she was also on the edge of her se
Silver’s face came into view when I spun around.She had her mouth open to say something but whatever it was didn’t come out as her eyes dipped to my chest where the chain hang.She looked like she wanted to talk but no words came out. It felt like she was staring at the chains for an entire thirty seconds before she dropped her hands.“We should uhm - Kaden said you were gonna watch his match?”I nodded slowly wondering why she was acting so weird. But I wasn’t exactly in the best position to speculate considering I, myself, had been avoiding her all because of the complications between Kaden and I.Another issue that seemed to take precedent in the moment - the blonde girl. I turned to see if she was still staring but the spot where she had been standing was now filled with two tattooed men.I furrowed my brows.“Next up, we have the Reyes champion himself and West side’s beast taking the main ring!” A voice announced through the speakers.“Come on, they’re starting.” Silver told me
“Mia? Do you mind?” Hayden asked as he offered his gloved hand to me gesturing me to secure the strap.I walked over to help.The atmosphere in the club was more electric than usual tonight. And I could tell it wasn’t just the watchers who were fired up.“Does he always get like this?” I muttered to Hayden as I gestured to Drew who was bouncing around in one spot, ear phones plugged in.Hayden rose his brows slightly and then shrugged. “Pretty much. It’s the biggest tournament of the year.”“Not just the biggest, the riskiest.” Scott came over to join us with a water bottle in his hand. He looked the most calm amongst the three today. He actually seemed almost bored, like he would much rather be at home instead of this packed, loud and rowdy place.And it did seem more packed and rowdy today.I let out a sigh shifting nervously. The guys had try to explain to me why they would have to spend more hours training than usual but it all went over my head, to be honest.They fought for mone
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