BEFORE 18: The boy from the plane

It all began with a boy on a plane...

At seventeen, Aria Winters earns admission to one of Canada's most prestigious universities, believing it will be the beginning of the future she has always dreamed of.

Instead, she walks into a campus ruled by power, secrets, and people determined to destroy her before she can even find her place.

When she unexpectedly meets Alaric Thorns-the mysterious boy whose quiet presence on a flight two years earlier unknowingly changed the course of her life-she realizes he is no longer the gentle stranger she once admired. He is now the university's untouchable captain, carrying wounds no one has ever been allowed to see.

As accusations threaten Aria's future and buried truths begin to surface, the two are drawn into a dangerous web of betrayal, family secrets, corruption, and a past that refuses to stay hidden.

Some stories begin with love.

Theirs begins with a forgotten memory... and a promise made before eighteen.