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.