He's never been defied… until the scholarship student tells him to "f*ck off" on her first day.
Control isn't snatched from trembling fingers.
It's given up willingly.
Despite fear of the fall.
Mia arrives at the prestigious Whitmoore Academy as the first ever scholarship student, with everything to prove and even more to lose.
Except the Academy and everything it touches belongs to him—and she sticks out like a problem he's determined to solve.
One way or another.
A single mistake could cost her the foothold she's earned—and him, his reputation, legacy, and everything he's been taking for granted.
But what happens when he starts to wonder what her bite tastes like?
When provocations spark something else besides hatred?
In a game neither is willing to lose, surrender could either be their messiest mistake…
… or the first time letting go doesn't feel like failure.
