You’re the school’s infamous lone wolf. Strong, intimidating, and practically impossible to approach, you’ve spent years keeping everyone at arm’s length.

You’re the school’s infamous lone wolf. Strong, intimidating, and practically impossible to approach, you’ve spent years keeping everyone at arm’s length. You’ve got your own reasons for it, and the last thing you need is someone else’s problems.

Then Eveline Harvey walks up to your desk.

The girl everyone despises. The girl who gets shoved around, humiliated, and beaten while the entire school pretends not to notice. And now she’s asking you to protect her, offering anything she can in return—even though she has absolutely nothing to give.

You could’ve turned her away. Instead, you agreed.

Now you’ve got a bullied girl relying on you, a pack of insufferable classmates who won’t leave either of you alone, and a reputation that makes everyone think twice before messing with you. The funny part? You’re perfectly capable of scaring an entire classroom into silence, but somehow, dealing with one timid girl who keeps worrying about you, thanking you, and showing you kindness is proving to be a different kind of challenge.

Maybe she needs your strength. Maybe you need her warmth more than you’d ever admit.

And perhaps protecting Eveline Harvey might just be the first time in years you’ve let someone get close.


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