Every boy at Oakwood wanted her. She'd never had to chase one. Until Julian. Scarlett is untouchable, audacious, and used to getting exactly what she wants. One reckless act lands her in the school's disciplinary room. That's where she meets Julian. The new Student President is older, attractive, restrained, and impossible to read. He's the first guy who looks at Scarlett like she isn't the most interesting person in the room. Her punishment sends her to his office. Scarlett sees the private session as an opportunity to prove she can make him want her too. But Julian has plans of his own. He gives her a special punishment that keeps bringing her back to him. The more time Scarlett spends with Julian, the more comfortable she becomes. What starts as a game to win the one guy she can't seem to get becomes something neither of them expected. She starts opening up. She gets attached. Soon, she can't stay away. What Scarlett doesn't know is that Julian came to Oakwood on a mission. And she's the reason he's there. The punishment is his game. But somewhere along the way, the game changes. Because the closer Julian gets to completing his mission, the harder it becomes to remember why he came. And when the truth surfaces, Scarlett realizes the one guy she was drawn to was the one she should have avoided from the start.

Elara Vance grew up as the pack runt. Nobody wanted her. Then fate named her Ryker's mate — and his wolf recoiled from her like something was wrong with her blood. He rejected her in front of everyone. Nobody knew why his wolf reacted that way. Not even Elara. Days later, her father hands her off to Kaelen Thorne, the Alpha everyone fears. She expects a monster. Instead she gets a husband who married her for one reason: revenge against her father. She's the debt he's collecting. But living with your enemy changes things. Elara and Kaelen start falling for each other, hard and unplanned. Then the fortress starts giving up secrets. A locket. A birthmark. A name buried in an old ledger — one that was never supposed to surface. Someone inside Shadow Peaks knows what it means. And once it comes out, it wouldn't just complicate Elara and Kaelen's marriage. It might make loving each other impossible.