Lara Vance didn’t come to Saint-Croix University to find love. She came to survive. Running from a past that threatens to destroy her, she relies on her full-ride scholarship to keep her hidden in the freezing heart of Montreal. Her only rule: keep her head down, get her degree, and never look back. But keeping her head down is hard when the campus king is staring right at her. Atlas Thorne doesn’t just rule Saint-Croix; he owns it. Cold, ruthless, and burdened by a dark family legacy, he doesn’t do attachments. He doesn’t do mercy. And he certainly doesn’t do strays. So when a shivering, terrified new girl catches his eye in the snow, he should walk away. Instead, he decides to hunt. Lara thinks she can hide in the shadows. Atlas is about to teach her that in the dark, he’s the only monster that matters. Told in dual POV. Two perspectives. One deadly game. And a cold that burns.