Saints & Scars | Ongoing

"My brother's going to kill us if he finds you with me."

Saint's expression didn't change. "I know."

"So why do you keep showing up?" I ask, sighing.

His eyes found mine.

"Because you're here."

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Eleanor Hayes has known exactly who she wanted to be since she was little: a surgeon. Growing up with one of New York City's most respected surgeons as a father made the dream feel less like a possibility and more like destiny.

Saint Huxley is the kind of name people at Crestwood Academy know long before they ever meet him. As the son of the man behind one of the world's largest private banking empires, he should have been polished, disciplined, and respectable.

Instead, Saint is reckless, volatile, and impossible to ignore.

By day, he's the boy teachers keep an eye on and students know better than to provoke. By night, he disappears into the city's underground, stepping into illegal boxing rings where bruises heal faster than reputations.

Eleanor has spent years staying as far away from Saint Huxley as possible. His reputation alone is reason enough, but the fact that he and her older brother, Rafe, can barely stand to be in the same room only reinforces the rule.

The problem is that the line between hate and something else is a lot thinner than Eleanor ever expected.