Serena Rena Henry
Chloe Caldwell never meant to kiss the dark-haired stranger with the storm-gray eyes and the voice that could freeze blood after being disgraced by longtime crush, Nate Cole.
But when Amber Hale pins her down and threatens to scar her face with boiling liquid for one reckless slap, Sebastian Ryder steps in—tall, lethal, and impossible to refuse.
His price is brutal: He claims her.
But Northbridge has one rule: Claim a mongrel, you pay the ultimate price and for Sebastian, the ultimate price is facing Nate Cole, the golden hockey captain who once destroyed Chloe in front of half the campus, in a single high-stakes match.
Win, and Chloe belongs to the man who nearly killed her on a dark road. Lose, and she is handed over to the one who already broke her.
One game. One claim. One girl trapped between cold menace and public humiliation.
And when the final buzzer screams, Chloe discovers the real danger was never the threat…
It was the way her pulse raced every time Sebastian looked at her like she was already his.
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