The captain of our soccer team, Xavi Parker, a beautiful, young, athletic boy. The college girls were obsessed over him and his boys. The boys were jealous of him and his position and his golden reputation, but not everyone was impressed by the soccer players. He's handsome, cocky and hot, and he knows it. Xavi Parker is aware, but why would a guy like Xavi Parker fall in love with a girl like me? The moment he told me, my life turned upside down. This boy knew he could get anything, anyone, but he fell for a girl like me. He cared about me in a way I couldn't imagine, a way I never experienced before, a feeling I couldn't accommodate. "Why do you care, Xavi?" He looks up and meets my eyes, not looking away. Xavi told me nothing, but the truth, that was one of the reasons I cared about him. I cared about him in a way I never cared. He does care about me, but can't place this feeling. I wasn't special and I understood it loud and clear. Girls like me aren't used to feelings like this, they aren't used to the feeling of love. It scares me, how long before someone takes this away? How long can he handle me and my dramatic past? He takes a deep breath, and he smiles, "How can I not care about someone like you. You're my sun and darkness, you're my heroin. You're it, Lun."

Hazel has spent years clawing her way back from one cruel setback after another, shaping her life into something so controlled it can't fall apart again. Every goal has a plan. Every risk has a rule. Getting into her dream university is supposed to be the clean start-the beginning of the career she's bled for. Then, on her first day, she breaks the very first rule. It starts with getting into that damn car. Damien Hunter is trouble in human form: sharp-tongued, arrogant, and irritatingly amused by the way he can make Hazel snap. She should hate him. She does hate him-right up until the bickering turns into charged silences, lingering looks, and the kind of longing that risks everything she's worked for. But Damien isn't just a distraction. He's a storm with something to hide. As Hazel is pulled deeper into his orbit, she starts noticing the cracks: the half-truths, the sudden disappearances, the way his story never quite matches the rumours. And the closer she gets, the more she realises Damien isn't running from university drama-he's running from something darker. Something that could destroy them both. Now Hazel has a choice: cling to the rules that kept her safe... or risk everything for a boy who might be lying about who he is. Because falling for Damien was the easy part. Surviving what he's hiding is another.