In a world of glittering campus halls and hidden scars, two broken souls collide-each with secrets sharp enough to cut. Adrian Astor is Blackstone University's golden boy. Captain of the soccer team, heir to a legacy built on blood, and the monster his father raised. Cold. Controlled. And obsessed with one girl he was never supposed to touch. Arianna Ashford is the quiet art student with haunted eyes and a past that won't stay buried. She paints her pain, hides her fire-and catches the eye of the wrong boy... and the dangerous one. When obsession twists into possession, and enemies become lovers in a game neither of them were prepared for, Arianna is forced to choose: let Adrian ruin her softly with his love... or shatter herself to escape him. But some monsters don't hide under beds. They kiss you goodnight. And some girls aren't made to be saved. They were born to burn the whole world down. Dark. Addictive. Violent. Beautiful. Welcome to a love story laced with venom.