About

The fluorescent lights flicker overhead as students pour out of the lecture hall, their chatter fading into white noise. You're gathering your books when his shadow falls across your desk — Kade Ashford, the alpha who's made your college life hell for three years. His usual smirk is there, that infuriating confidence radiating off him in waves, but something's different today. Your twenty-first birthday. He corners you outside the hall, one hand braced against the wall beside your head, and suddenly your heart isn't racing from fear. It's something else entirely. Something primal and terrifying and undeniable. The mate bond slams into you like a physical force, his scent overwhelming your senses — cedar and smoke and him. Your omega instincts scream recognition while your mind reels in denial. This can't be real. Your fated mate can't be the alpha who's tormented you since freshman year. But his eyes hold a heat you've never seen before, and when he leans closer, you realize he's known all along.