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[Book 2] Rory Callyns never meant to fall for Carden Rayne.
He was supposed to be practice, kissing lessons, the safe way to figure out her feelings for someone else. Now he's the boy sneaking into her bedroom at 2 a.m., skipping his 5 a.m. runs to hold her a little longer, whispering I love yous.
But dating the Wolves' star forward comes with a cost.
Cypress High's anonymous gossip account, Mouthpiece, has turned Rory into content: the girl who dumped one player and "climbed the roster," the supposed cheater, the rumored girl in the bathroom with a boy who isn't her boyfriend.
Reese is hurt. Someone is suddenly sending anonymous love letters, and every post makes Rory feel less like a person and more like a disaster everyone is watching.
Carden's life isn't simple either. His future is stats, scouts, and a father who tracks every skipped run like a failure. The more time he spends with Rory, the more he risks the plan he's been working toward his whole life... and the one thing he refuses to sacrifice is her.
Between the pressure, the rumors, first love, and first times, Rory and Carden have to figure out if falling is enough...
or if learning how to stay will be the hardest lesson of all.