Ava Jace has made my life a nightmare. My arrogant infuriating stepbrother is the king of our school—untouchable cruel and relentless in his pursuit of me. He knows exactly how to push my buttons how to make me shiver with anger how to make me want him despite everything. I hate him. I hate the way my body reacts when he leans in close the way my pulse spikes when he smirks like he already knows I’ll come crawling to him. But I won’t. Because if I fall for my bully I’ll lose everything. Jace Ava thinks she can ignore me. That she can walk these halls without feeling my presence without recognizing that she belongs to me. That’s cute. She’s been mine from the moment we became step-siblings. She just doesn’t know it yet. But I see it—the way her breath hitches when I whisper in her ear the way she clenches her thighs when she thinks no one’s watching. She likes the way I torment her. She just won’t admit it