I Dare You (Dare, #1)

by Shantel Tessier

So tell me ... when you’re lying in that casket in front of your friends and family, what are they going to think of you?

“I like to take pretty, innocent things and destroy them.”

“Why?” she asks, her chest rising and falling fast with each breath. “I told you, sweetheart. I like destroying pretty, innocent things.”

“You should be terrified, sweetheart.” My breath hitches. “Because I’m gonna get what I want.” “Which is?” I can’t help but ask. “Everything you have to give.”

“I’ll fight you, Cole. I’ll play this game even though I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. But I dare you to smile for me. I dare you to show me something that nobody else sees.”

I’ll continue to protect her no matter what the cost. Because I’m the only one who can destroy Austin Lowes.

I’m not the same since I met you. You have bled for me, but I’m starving for you.

I used to think that I was going to go to hell. And that thought hasn’t changed. One day, I’ll have to pay for my sins, but as I watch my pregnant wife hug and kiss our son, I realize I’m okay with that. Because my life right now is heaven on earth.