chapter 1

Chapter One

Tomorrow I’m going out of my comfort zone and stepping away from the good girl I am to be the bad girl and letting my body have something it craves. Something that girls like me can’t have. Spending my entire life in the shadows, forced to stay hidden. Friends? Are people who are not trustworthy. Boyfriends? What the hell are those? Showing skin? Only girls that tend to fool around wear provocative clothing.

My sisters and I are forced behind these walls of our house, School? Homeschooled. I’m the youngest of my siblings Jenna is two years older than me while Katrina is four. My father is forcing Katrina to marry a man twice her age just so he can have an alliance. 

My father only cares about one thing.

                     His business. 

My mother has no say over anything. She lives in the shadow of my father. 

When I applied to be put on the Dragons list he had only one rule. I hate rules. My whole life revolves around them. But when I saw the Dragon on a video on his website I nearly bit my lip off watching him tease and fuck some blonde with big boobs. The way he made her cry and scream his name made me feel things I was always told were dirty. How he jerked a hand full of her hair forcing her to her knees where she licked her lips and opened her drooling mouth.

The more I watched the more I wanted. That night I did something my sisters and I were taught never to do. We must be untouched for a suitable husband. No one wants a girl who touches themselves or is touched by another. But I didn’t care, I touched myself while looking into the Dragons bright blue eyes.

I Knew lying wasn’t the smartest thing to do but on the application of the Dragon I had too. I had no other choice. My body longed for him to touch me, play my body like a violin and make me moan his name in pleasure. 

I can’t tell my sisters and risk my dad finding out. God only knows what he would do to me. 

Don’t think about that now.

Shaking my head I continue to look through my closet for something to wear to the Dragons location. 

Knock

Knock

Shit.

I tried to stuff all the clothes back into my closet before whoever was at my door would bust in and ask questions.

The door opens and shuts fast and a worried Jenna grabs my shoulders and squeezes.

“Myra,” Jenna says out of breath.

She swallows hard. 

“The Judge is here,”

My forehead creased. 

“What Judge?”

Thinking back to the conversation father had with Jenna only a week ago about marrying her off to Judge Aspen. Father is always looking for people to get on his side and Judge Aspen asked for fathers help, but that comes with a debt he will never repay and father asked if he wanted to be a part of this family. 

Judge. Nicholas Aspen in his early forties liked the idea of being protected by my fathers men and so he agreed to  marry my sister even though he is twice Jenna’s age. 

“Aspen,” 

I nod remembering the conversation. 

“Nicholas doesn’t want to marry me.”

Frowning, because that doesn’t make any sense he was all for dad’s offer. “He doesn’t?”

Jenna shakes her head. 

“He will only agree to helping father if he gets to marry you,”

I gaped.

Me?  But I’m only nineteen.  I can’t….

“ Jenna, I can’t marry him. Please you have to help me,”

Jenna's eyes filled with tears. 

“It’s done. Come Monday, It’s being announced in the paper.”

I cannot believe my dad is going to force me to Marry Judge Aspen.  What about…The Dragon?

I might not be able to stop my father from doing this, but Judge Aspen. Will not get an unused woman. Even though the Dragon doesn’t want virgins, he will take my virginity.

He just doesn’t know it.

I waited til I thought everyone would be asleep and I climbed out my bedroom window. 

              Thank God for being on the first level.

Getting past my fathers security wasn’t easy and I thought they would hear the sound of my heart beating so loud. But with steady breaths I made it out and grabbed a cab. A girl of my stature and reputation shouldn't be roaming the city of New York alone, it's dangerous. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

The address The Dragon gave me for tomorrow was the address I gave the cab driver and I really hoped he would be there tonight. 

But mostly, I hope he is alone. 

The taxi driver weaves in and out of traffic causing me to slide all over the seat.

My palms start to get clammy as the driver pulls up to the curb of the Winslet Apartments.

Wow.

This place must be over forty floors if not more. The tall building looked like it was made of black glass. It was breathtaking.

“Sixty two dollars,” 

I tear my eyes away from the building and nod toward the driver. I handed him the exact money and stepped out of the cab and headed toward the entrance.

An older gentleman was standing by the door. He had a black suit with gold trim and his name tag reads David. His hat matched his uniform, his gray hair showed at the side he greets me with a smile.

“Are you lost Ms?”

I shake my head. 

“I’m here to see the Dragon,”

The man's smile falls and his eyes quickly look to the ground. He pulls out a radio and presses the button.

“The Dragon has another one,” He Says on the radio before opening the door for me. 

“That’s four tonight,” Another male voice said back to him as I walked through the doors. I pretended like I didn’t hear that…But I did. 

I will be number four.

Walking to the front desk the girl doesn’t even make eye contact with me as she hands me a piece of paper. 

“That’s the code for the penthouse.”

I nod and walk toward the elevators. 

I entered the code on the pad that said penthouse code and I entered. 112303.

How weird is it that The Dragon's code…is the same digits as my birthday. 

That’s crazy. 

The elevator dings with each passing floor and the more it would ding the more nervous I got. I start breathing heavily and it dawns on me what I was doing here and what I was coming here for. I can't do this! What the hell was I thinking? My father is the leader of the biggest mafia group in the states. Of course he will find out that I snuck out of the house and have his men search for me and god only knows what he will do to me when finds out that I brought my way unto the dragons list using every dime i had saved up so i could escape from beneath his dirty scheming ways. 

When the door opened I hesitantly stepped off the elevator. The foyer was big with glass windows all along the front and a couch that sat in front of the fireplace with a tv that hung neatly on the wall above it. The walls were white along with everything else even that shaggy area rug was white. 

The dragon sure does like white.