<p>There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother. Kai Bennett.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He was the most of them all. Smoldering. Hypnotic. Alluring.</p><p>Kai had eyes that pulled me in and a face that haunted my dreams.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then I met him.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He came to our school with their father, and that&rsquo;s when I learned what kind of family Brooke came from. They were mafia, and Brooke&rsquo;s oldest brother was dead. Her father said accident, but Brooke said murder.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Three months later, her father died, and Kai became the head of the Bennett Family. Brooke left Hillcrest for good, and that was the last time I saw her.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Fourteen years later, I&rsquo;m staring at her face on the television. Brooke is missing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Two days later, Kai Bennett kidnaps me.</p>