- Kienn Valentina Evanheart leads a quiet life, surviving high school with minimal fuss and keeping his head low as his mother works tirelessly to give him a better future. With his father imprisoned for drug abuse and violence, Kienn has learned to fend for himself in a world that rarely offers kindness. Everything changes the moment he steps into an elevator-and into the orbit of Adrian Cartier Anderson, a wealthy, magnetic transfer student with secrets of his own. When Adrian appears in Kienn's class days later, the encounter feels like fate-but for Kienn, it's the beginning of something far more dangerous. Adrian's charm hides an obsession, and his generosity becomes a trap. Kienn finds himself drawn into Adrian's world-until one fateful party turns his entire life upside down. Whispers spread. Eyes follow. Shame clings. And Kienn doesn't even know why. In a high school filled with rumors, betrayal, and hidden pain, Kienn must fight to hold onto his truth and his sanity. But with each passing day, the weight of what happened that night grows heavier. Can he survive the judgment, the secrets, and Adrian's possessive grip-or will he be crushed beneath it all? -