STERLING FILES STEELE Sherri L. King.pdf

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Steele

ISBN # 1-4199-0389-6

Edited by Kelli Kwiatkowski.

Cover art by Darrell King.

Electronic book Publication: October 2005

This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written

permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® 1056 Home Avenue, Akron OH 44310-

3502.

This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales

is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.

Warning:

The following material contains graphic sexual content meant for mature readers. Steele has been rated E–

rotic by a minimum of three independent reviewers.

Ellora’s Cave Publishing offers three levels of Romantica™ reading entertainment: S (S-ensuous), E (E-

rotic), and X (X-treme).

S- ensuous love scenes are explicit and leave nothing to the imagination.

E- rotic love scenes are explicit, leave nothing to the imagination, and are high in volume per the overall

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S TERLING F ILES : S TEELE

Sherri L. King

For D.

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Steele

Prologue

“Dad, I don’t want to do this.”

“Well, you’re going to whether you like it or not, you little bastard.”

“Please don’t make me, Dad, please! I nearly killed the last guy. I can’t do this

again!”

“Boy, you’ll do as you’re told with no more backtalk.” His father reached up and

cuffed him on the side of the head.

Steele looked down at the tape covering his knuckles, head ringing, and felt a

sinking sensation low in his belly. Here he was, the thirteen-year-old champion of an

illegal boxing ring, and all he could think about was how not to throw up.

What would the other fighter think if he knew?

Steele’s father ushered him out of the small utility room that served as Steele’s gym

locker and dressing room. It was a strange sight, this shuffling of feet, for Steele was so

much bigger than his father. He was only thirteen but he was already six feet two inches

tall. And not only was he tall, he was also very well built, with bulging muscles that

should have and could have graced the form of someone much older.

The boy was exceptionally good at bare-knuckles boxing, no matter his handicap of

youth. His father had been taking him to these matches since he was ten years old.

Steele had climbed the ladder to a certain kind of stardom among the gamblers and

trainers that flocked to the illegal boxing rings. He’d never once lost a match.

But the last match had been grueling. Steele had thought, at first, that it would be

his first loss in the ring, the man had been that good. But Steele’s reserves of strength

had not surprisingly been limitless. After thirteen rounds he’d nearly killed his

opponent, so badly did he beat him.

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