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Grace Knox came to LSU expecting one thing: basketball.
As a freshman, she's determined to earn minutes, survive legendary practices, and prove she belongs in one of the nation's toughest programs.
Love was never part of the game plan.
Especially not with Kailani Akana.
The senior captain from Hawaii is everything Grace isn't-calm under pressure, endlessly patient, adored by teammates, respected by coaches, and projected to be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft. To the rest of the country, she's a once-in-a-generation talent. To LSU, she's the heart of the program.
Grace only knows one thing:
She can't stop watching her.
What begins as admiration slowly turns into late-night conversations after practice, extra shooting sessions, shared laughs on road trips, and a friendship neither of them expected. But with Kailani's final season slipping away one game at a time, every moment together feels like it's already counting down.
Grace is just beginning her college career.
Kailani is preparing to leave it behind.
One is chasing a future.
The other is trying not to miss the present.
As championship dreams, draft expectations, and impossible timing threaten to pull them apart, Grace and Kailani must decide if some love stories are worth risking everything for-even if they begin with an expiration date.
Sometimes your first love arrives just as someone else's last season begins.