𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐔𝐒

𝐆𝐀𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑 was just trying to get to her summer internship at the hospital. Same route, same bus, same quiet daydreams about the boy who sat nearby but never close enough-untouchable, unreadable, and completely out of her league.

𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋 has always been out of reach. He's the golden boy of Hillcrest Academy: captain of the basketball team, top of his class, and a ghost of Gabriella's quiet admiration. To her, he's just a distant crush. To the world, he's practically perfect.

But perfection means nothing when the city splits open. A sudden sinkhole. A police cordon. And a last minute diversion that takes their bus miles off course, leaving them stranded in a part of the city that doesn't exist on any map.

Worse? They uncover something they were never meant to see; evidence of a powerful syndicate conducting illegal experiments on society's most vulnerable. Forced into hiding with a group of rebels and nowhere left to turn, Gabriella is trapped in close quarters with the one boy she's never been able to stop thinking about, and he's far more complex, volatile and possessive than she ever imagined.

But in the pressure of confinement, chemistry ignites, jealousy simmers, and the truth might tear them apart before Aegis ever gets the chance.