Seventeen-year-old Emerald "Emery" Bailey hasn't had it easy. Her mother left when she was eight and the father she was stuck with is nothing more than a drug addict.
Nineteen-year-old Ryder Pierce is the son of a Mafia leader, one of the most feared. When he's not out doing his father's work, he's being nagged about settling down to keep the family name going. However, love is the last thing on Ryder's mind.
What will happen when Emery's father falls short on payment and his dealer offers him a choice: sell his daughter to him. Will Emery escape? Will Ryder find it in him to commit? Will he find it in him to love her?
WARNING: this story has slight mature content and language, you've been warned.
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