Page 1 of Captivated By Danger

PROLOGUE

Diesel Danger

May 1999

While tapping the end of my pen against the desk, I stared at the wall. I’d been held up in my room for the last two days as my mother said she didn’t want to see my face… couldn’t look at my face. She’d banished me to my room until my father got back from one of the many ‘business’ trips to talk to me. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks were being served to me in my room. Neither she nor my father ever laid hands on me and my siblings, so I wasn’t worried about that at all. The most punishment my parents ever handed down was taking away my internet and grounding me. A couple knocks on the door got my attention before it opened slowly. Looking in the mirror, my dad leaned against the door panel, in a black suit made to fit only him. He was forty years old and looked more like he could be my older brother rather than my father. We eyed each other in the mirror before he nodded his head toward the hall. Standing, I grabbed my cell phone, but my dad waved it off.

“The only person you need to worry about talking to is me,” he said.

After setting my phone back on the desk, I walked past my dad out the room. He gave me a slight smack to the back of my head. He followed me downstairs to the kitchen where dinner was being prepared, and my family was sitting at the dining room table, waiting to be served. My mother looked at me, slightly rolling her eyes. When I grabbed the back of the chair to pull it out, my dad stopped me and pointed out the door.

“Where y’all headed?” my mother asked.

“Out. We’ll be back before dinner is over, Viv,” my dad responded.

“Dad, can I go?”

“No, Declan. Another time.”

Outside, my dad’s driver was waiting for us with the back door open. The moment we were closed inside, the driver got in and gave us some privacy by letting up the glass. Dad didn’t say anything until we were out of our driveway.

“So, was it good?”

I looked at him. “Huh?”

“You heard what I asked.”

“Dad, I’ve had sex before. You know that.”

“Of course, but that’s not what I asked.”

Shrugging my shoulders, I looked out the window at the many trees we passed.

“You were bold enough to bring a young lady in my home. And as your mom said, had herscreaming like you were killing her,and you don’t know if it was good or not.”

I sighed. “And she wasn’t screaming. You know how Mom be exaggerating shit, Dad. Come on, now.”

The day I turned fourteen, my father established that our relationship was different. He was still my father, but he was more my best friend. His explanation was that he didn’t want to raise us the way his father raised him, with an iron fist. However, I couldn’t speak candidly with him in front of my mother.

“So, tell me what happened.”

“I thought Mom was sleep, brought her over, and yeah…”

“You strap up?”

“Yeah, Dad. You only tell me this three times a day, even though she said I didn’t have to use one because she was clean, but—”

“Diesel, you are a—

“Danger and I come from a rich bloodline, and I will never forget it. Don’t trust these sluts and everything else you be saying, Dad. I know.”

“Since you know everything, what do you know about pleasing a young lady?”

I looked at him. “She wasn’tscreamingfor no reason. I know what I’m doing.”

He smirked. “You are a Danger, Diesel. These little sluts will do anything to stroke your ego. Women are going to always want shine off your name, and you’ll do well to remember that. Screaming means absolutely nothing. I’ll tell you how you know you’re pleasing a woman…better yet, I’ll show you.”

I didn’t know what that meant, so I kept quiet. It wasn’t long before the driver slowed and turned into a parking garage. He came to a complete stop in front of the private elevator. The trunk popped before the driver got out and opened the door for my dad, and then walked around the car, and opened the door for me. When I stepped out of the car, my dad was opening a box in the trunk. He put what looked like a wand in his back pocket, pulling his jacket over it.

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