Ruthless Captain

He destroyed me for two years. Now he's blackmailing me into being his.

I should hate Marcus Hale.

The ruthless hockey captain who shoved me into lockers. Who poured paint on my art. Who made every day at Blackwood University a living hell.

But when he corners me in the art studio at 2 AM with an ultimatum that changes everything, hate becomes the least of my problems.

Marry him for six months, or watch my scholarship-and my entire future-disappear.

It's blackmail. Pure and simple. A twisted game between him and his billionaire psychopath father. And I'm just the pawn he's willing to sacrifice.

Except the Marcus I see behind closed doors isn't the monster everyone knows. He's broken. Desperate. Fighting demons I recognize because they look just like mine.

Every fake kiss feels real. Every staged touch burns. Every night in his house pulls me deeper into something I can't control.

I'm falling for my bully. My blackmailer. My fake husband.

And his father is watching. Waiting. Ready to destroy anyone Marcus dares to love.

I survived seven foster homes. I survived abuse. I survived being nobody.

But surviving Marcus Hale? That might be the thing that finally breaks me.

Or maybe it's the thing that finally sets us both free.