At Blackthorne University, Kiera Quintanilla thought she had everything under control—her grades, her life, her carefully guarded emotions. That is, until she finds herself alone in detention with Professor Adrian Hale. Calm, precise, and impossibly observant, he sees through her carefully maintained walls in ways no one else can. What starts as an intellectual challenge quickly becomes a dangerous game of tension, desire, and unspoken rules. Every conversation, every look, every subtle gesture