NO TRUST

After a betrayal that shattered her, Storm White is done trusting anyone.
Once a top student, her life was destroyed by a traumatic event at her old college-leaving her silenced, isolated, and with a reputation she didn't deserve. Now, at a new school across the state, all she wants is to disappear and survive.
No attention. No friends. No lies disguised as love.
Especially not from someone like Axle Smith.
Duke University's tattooed star athlete is everything she promised to avoid-reckless, arrogant, and dangerous. But when he sets his eyes on Storm, something in him shifts. He sees the pain she tries to hide, the way she flinches when touched, and he's drawn to the darkness in her like a match to gasoline.
"Your friends told you to stay away from me, didn't they?"
"Yeah," I said. "They did."
"Then why are you here?"
I stepped closer, hearing her heartbeat crash against her ribs.
"Because telling a bad boy to stay away... is the fastest way to make him chase."
What begins as a slow burn spirals into obsession, secrets, and danger. Storm's past isn't finished with her. And Axle's never been one to walk away from a fight-especially not when it involves the only girl who makes him feel like he has something to lose.
Love is war. And no one escapes without scars.

Trigger Warning:
This story includes graphic depictions of sexual assault, domestic violence, family abuse, and themes of sexual domination. Reader discretion is advised.