TEEIA
Hooking up with his enemy wasn't part of the plan for senior year.
For varsity captain Ethan Thorne, basketball was his future—and his only way out.
Then Axel Mercer transfers in.
Tall, unreadable, and effortlessly gifted, Axel tears through plays Ethan spent years mastering. When he ignores Ethan’s welcoming handshake, Ethan writes him off as an arrogant parasite. But when scouts turn from Ethan’s hard-earned fundamentals to Axel’s natural talent, rivalry turns into something darker.
What if hard work will never beat someone who was simply born better?
Their rivalry explodes into a catastrophic game that strips the team of its title and costs Ethan his captaincy. With his scholarship on the line, Ethan is given one last chance: thirty days of training under the rival he injured.
Alone in the empty gym, hatred turns into something neither of them can control. Every drill becomes a battle. Every collision lasts a little too long. And the line between wanting to break each other and wanting something more starts to disappear.
By day, they’re bitter rivals.
By night, Ethan is left hiding bruises he can’t explain.
Because Ethan thinks Axel is the threat standing between him and everything he’s worked for.
He doesn’t know Axel has been hiding an obsession far more dangerous than their rivalry.
And Ethan certainly never planned on becoming the one thing his enemy refuses to let go.
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