Bad Boy Biker
"When I was fourteen, I started riding with the older guys in the club. Terrified. Shaking. But I acted like I owned the place."
"You were a delinquent. That's different."
"I was confident. Confidence is confidence." Duke caught her shoulders. "Emma. Look at me."
She turned. His daughter. Dark-eyed and stubborn and trying so hard not to show how frightened she was.
"You are the toughest kid I know," Duke said. "You've grown up with bikers, handled a blended family, dealt with things most fourteen-year-olds never face. High school is nothing compared to what you've already survived."