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Elara's plan for this year is simple: keep her head down, pass her classes, save enough money to finally leave this town-and definitely, definitely not move in with a stranger.
One glitch at the housing office ruins everything. Her dorm room disappears with a single "we regret to inform you," and suddenly Elara's only option is a tiny off‑campus apartment that already has a tenant:
Noah Hayes.
Twenty‑three.
Male.
A stranger.
Living with a guy was never part of the plan, but housing is paid for and Elara is out of choices. She tells herself it's temporary. Rules, boundaries, locked doors. She doesn't need to know anything about Noah except which side of the fridge is his.
Except Noah is not just some random upperclassman. He's too quiet, too sharp, too intense. He disappears some nights and comes back smelling like rain and pine and danger. And every time their shoulders brush in the cramped kitchen, something in Elara's chest pulls toward him like it's already decided.
One stupid night. One fight that turns into honesty, that turns into a kiss, that turns into the one thing she swore she'd never risk with a roommate.
Then Elara's world tilts. A missed period. Two pink lines. A secret she's not ready to name-and a boy who looks at her like what she's saying is impossible.
Because Noah isn't supposed to be able to do this. Not with a human girl who was never meant to know his world. Not when he's an alpha, bound to a hidden society where humans are outsiders at best-and forbidden as mates, especially as newborns. In his world, there are rules: no human mates. No human children. And some alphas will do anything to enforce them.
What started as a housing mistake isn't just about college anymore. It's dangerous-for Elara, for Noah, and for whatever might be growing inside her.
Senior year was supposed to be simple.
Instead, Elara is living with an alpha roommate, hiding a forbidden secret, and bound by a bond she never agreed to.