"Loyalty before love-until love becomes the only loyalty that matters." Malachi has three rules: Kill threats. Protect family. Never love. Freya breaks all three. In a city ruled by shadows, loyalty is everything-and love is a liability. Freya Skye was never meant to cross paths with the mafia. Soft-spoken, observant, and fiercely loyal to the people she loves, she believes in goodness even when the world gives her every reason not to. But one wrong moment, one glance held too long, and Freya is pulled into a world where silence keeps you alive and trust can get you killed. Malachi Barton has been raised to rule that world. As the heir to one of the most powerful crime families, Malachi knows only control, violence, and loyalty forged in blood. He doesn't hesitate. He doesn't fall. And he certainly doesn't protect civilians-until Freya becomes the exception to every rule he's ever lived by. Hiding her should have been temporary. Protecting her should have been strategic. Falling for her was never supposed to happen. Surrounded by a dangerously loyal inner circle-his sharp-witted best friend MK, the reckless yet brilliant Percy Jackson, and the calculating Annabeth Chase-Malachi must decide how far he's willing to go to keep Freya safe. Meanwhile, Freya leans on her fearless best friend Sway as the lines between right and wrong blur beyond recognition. Because in Malachi's world, love isn't gentle. It's ruthless. And touching her comes with a death sentence. In a game built on power and betrayal, choosing her might be the one decision that destroys them all.

Malachi. Hockey team captain. Every girl's dream boyfriend. Never met 'the one' until he has. Freya. Figure skater for fun. Never really thought about boys until she meets him.

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐀 𝐒𝐊𝐘𝐄 has always been used to running alone. Volleyball captain, track star, and the kind of girl everyone admires from afar, she thrives on control-both on the court and on the track. But at home, her parents' wealth can't mask the cold, suffocating cruelty that defines her every day. She's learned early that no one will show up for her... and that's exactly how she likes it. 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 has the opposite problem: everyone shows up. Football star, track sprinter, and all-around golden boy, he's surrounded by friends, family, and a little sister who worships him. He's used to support, praise, and having people rely on him. Life has always been... easier. They're both popular, in the same tight-knit friend group, and everyone expects them to get along. But Freya and Malachi don't. They clash at every practice, tease each other relentlessly, and can't seem to sit still in the same room without tension sparking between them. What happens when the girl who's learned to survive on her own meets the boy who can't stop trying to protect her? When rivalry becomes something more, and shared spaces-late-night practices, team hangouts, and races that leave them both breathless-force them to confront what they're really running toward... and from? A slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers story about resilience, family, and the courage it takes to finally let someone in. #1 field (08/02/26) #4 freyaskye (08/02/26)

❝ Promiscuous girl, wherever you are I'm all alone and it's you that I want ❞

Five years ago, Freya Skye and Malachi Barton were inseparable-high school sweethearts with dreams bigger than their small town. Freya wanted to sing, Malachi wanted to race, and somewhere between late-night drives and stolen kisses, life pulled them apart. The fight that ended it all still haunts her: words said in anger, dreams that demanded sacrifice, and a storming exit that left both hearts fractured. Now, Freya has made it as a singer-songwriter, performing on stages she once only imagined. Malachi is a professional F1 driver, traveling the world, living the adrenaline-fueled life he always wanted. Success hasn't erased the memories-they linger in lyrics she writes in quiet moments, in the flash of his laugh she remembers, in the ache she can't quite shake. When their worlds collide again, old feelings rise with a force neither expected. Freya sees the boy she loved in the man he's become; Malachi realizes the girl who always had his heart never really let go. Friends on either side-Sway and Meg for Freya, MK and Milo for Malachi-watch the sparks, the awkward tension, and the quiet longing, knowing this story isn't over yet. A story about love lost, success gained, and the lingering question that neither can escape: what if they had found a way to stay together? Based off of the song "WYD now?" by Sadie Jean NONE OF THIS IS REAL!! I DO NOT OWN THE COVER!!

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READ THE FIRST BOOK BEFORE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS BOOK ALSO HAS SMUT UNLIKE THE OTHER ONE! smut is marked with a warning sign.

Freya Skye runs the the room not her feelings. Malachi Barton walks like the world is flirting with him.

they were together for three years after being childhood bestfriends for 5 years. last year they broke up because Malachi cheated on her with her best friend, Malia. after that she moved to London. she hasn't talked to anyone in a year, not Malia, Kylie, Joshua, mk and especially not Malachi. after leaving, she met Asher, super sweet, understood what she was going through, they started dating a month later, 5 months into the relationship he started to get controlling, and mad, all the time. resorting into violence mentally and physically. this went on for 7 months, soon her mom found out what was happening and freya and her mom moved back to LA. how will she feel seeing Malachi again.