Inside the Crystal-Sugar Vault (Sweet Tooth #1)

Jace Zobel is a third-year Computer Science student with a strict code: stay under the radar, keep the noise-canceling headphones on, and never let anyone get close enough to get hurt. He's spent twenty-one years building a wall of solitude-until Miko, a chaotic Food Technology major with a "Party Boy" reputation, crashes into his dorm and his life.

To Miko Caliso, Jace is a glitch in his high-energy world-a silent, stony-faced genius who seems more machine than man. But as Miko struggles to balance failing grades with his family's crushing expectations, he realizes Jace's icy focus is exactly the anchor he needs, even if it means bribing his way past those expensive headphones with the only thing he knows how to make: a taste of home.

As a single violent thunderstorm strips away their defenses, they must decide if they are brave enough to rewrite the code of their lives for a connection neither of them saw coming.