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At Blackthorn Academy, every shifter has an animal within them. For years, Zoe Everhart and Y/N have been the academy’s most infamous rivals. Zoe is a clever, stubborn red fox shifter who refuses to be intimidated by anyone. Y/N is a cold and ruthless black panther shifter—the strongest and most feared student at Blackthorn. They’ve spent years competing, arguing, provoking each other, and proving that neither will ever back down. Everyone knows they hate each other. But during their final year at Blackthorn, their rivalry begins to change. Forced to work together, Zoe and Y/N discover sides of each other they’ve never seen before. Beneath Y/N’s cold exterior is a boy carrying more than anyone realizes, while behind Zoe’s confidence is a girl who has learned to hide her vulnerabilities. The more they understand each other, the harder it becomes to tell where hatred ends and something else begins. Because sometimes, the person you can’t stand becomes the person you can’t imagine living without. Black and Red — two rivals, two shifters, and a line between hatred and love that neither of them knows how to cross.