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Prologue Michael
Since you’re still reading this story, I’ll have to assume that you’re a masochist. That, or a hopeless, starry-eyed reader who keeps a horde of romance novels with alpha male heroes at your fingertips.
I’m willing to bet that you open every book you buy with the same set of expectations and desires—yearning to dive deep into the mind of a ‘bad boy’ hero, waiting patiently for him to rip your heart to bleeding pieces for the sake of angst. All so you can watch him grovel his way back to the heroine, for him to stitch every shred of your feelings back together by the time you reach the last page.
You repeat this obsessive pattern over and over again. No matter the author, no matter the book.
You’ve done it so many times, that you probably have no idea what it’s like when that doesn’t happen, and that’s okay.
I’m more than willing to be your first…