Earthbreaking

Book 2 of the Alarie Brothers

Ever since he'd seen Kryoz his first day of college, Smiity had been smitten. No one but Droid even knew about his infatuation.

And then Droid brought the brothers into their lives, and Smiity found himself interacting with Kryoz more and more often, even if Kryoz still held himself at a distance.

But Smiity couldn't focus on his budding friendship with the Alarie brothers, not with what he dealt with in secret at school. A group of bullies who hated him because he refused to bow down and grovel to them.

When he gets cornered one day, he experiences his worst beatings after he snarked them when his teacher asked him to tutor them in one of his classes. Kryoz finds him, and Smiity sees a side of Kryoz he'd never seen before.