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Arilyn has always dreamed of escaping Green Hill, leaving behind the pain of her father's abuse and the memories that haunt her. When an unexpected transfer to Riverside University gives her the chance to start over, she seizes it-only to come face-to-face with Xander Hale, her former best friend who vanished from her life without explanation. Xander is no longer the boy she remembers. Now a star hockey player with a sharp edge and a colder heart, he keeps everyone at arm's length. But Arilyn's arrival stirs something in him he thought he'd buried long ago. As the two are forced to confront their shared history, tensions rise, and buried emotions thaw, revealing truths neither expected.

"Don't pretend like you don't feel anything" Eren's voice is low, sending shivers down my spine. "What do you mean?" "You know damn well what I mean." "I don't know what you're talking about." I feign ignorance to what he was talking about, flipping some pages in my textbook. "Come on. I have all these assignments overdue. Aren't you supposed to teach me something tonight?" "It depends on what you want me to teach you, Stoneheart." He smirks, his voice sounding even more dangerous. ***** I thought that my brother was the most popular guy in Princeton, but as soon as I stepped into my university life, I realized how wrong I was. Meet Eren Blackwood, his best friend. The guy is the epitome of every girl's dream. Godlike handsome. The football captain. He's got the looks, and he's got the brain. And he is the Alpha to the feared Black Blood pack and Princeton's official bad boy. He is a playboy, a heartbreaker, and shockingly my protector. But what's even more shocking is that he wants me. As I stare into his surreal green eyes, that's when I realize. He's not every girl's dream. He's every girl's nightmare. In my case, MY nightmare.