The Alpha Nerd and The Bad Boy

Jason Hunter has never been told no. Not by teachers, not by rivals, and definitely not by the girls who trail after him like he's the only thing worth looking at. He's the bad boy of Destiny High-reckless, charming, and used to getting exactly what he wants.

Maximilian Rex has never had to try. Straight A's, quiet confidence, a body he clearly didn't build lifting textbooks. Jason clocks him as an easy target - the school's golden nerd, ripe for teasing.

He doesn't expect the slow burn in his chest every time Max looks at him like he's already memorized. He doesn't expect his pulse to spike every time Max gets too close, voice low, patience razor-thin. And he definitely doesn't expect to find out that the boy he's been provoking is actually the Alpha of the Spirit Walkers - a pack that could end him with one word.

Max has spent years mastering control. Discipline. Restraint. Then Jason Hunter walks in, mouthy and reckless and infuriatingly touchable, and every instinct Max has fought to leash starts straining at the chain. The wolf wants what it wants. And it wants him.

But wanting a human especially one this stubborn, this fragile, this addictive comes with a price. A jealous ex who thinks she still owns Max's heart. And rogues circling, hungry for a war they think this bond will finally give them.

Every stolen glance, every near-touch, every night Jason shows up somewhere he shouldn't be tightens the pull between them until neither can pretend it's nothing.

Some boys play with fire. Jason Hunter fell for the wolf who is one.