I heard the gunshot first, shaking me to the core. My father was kneeling in front of me, as he clutched his chest.“Do you think this changes anything?” He coughed, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. “You think she’ll ever forgive you when she finds out?”“Find out what?” I asked, my eyes wiping towards Ryan.My father's smirk deepened as he turned to me, then with a weak smile, “That the man who just saved you… is the same man who was sent to destroy you.”***Kaelana never should have gone to that party.Not when an obsessed James was waiting to humiliate her. Not when a stranger with gray eyes would come to her rescue and lead her down the path she's been warned about.Now, back at Windsor Heights Academy, Kaelana is trying to forget the summer night only to find out that the same man she kissed was standing at the front as her new math teacher.Their attraction is dangerous. Forbidden.And when secrets start to unravel, Kaelana will have to ask herself… Was Ryan protecting her all along? Or was she just another pawn in a deadly game of revenge?