Blackthorn Institute is a gilded fortress where the rich raise monsters—and Ava Monroe is the scholarship girl they can’t stop watching. One wrong glance puts her on the radar of the Untouchables: three ruthless “alphas” who rule the campus with fear, favors, and flawless control.
Zane plays with fire and dares her to kneel. Rhett’s silence is a threat—and a promise—wrapped around bruised knuckles. Callum doesn’t chase. He commands, cold-eyed and inevitable. They don’t want a fling. They want ownership. And once they decide she’s theirs, the whole school learns a new rule: touch her and you die.
Ava fights back with teeth bared… but every confrontation tightens the trap. Anonymous gifts. Locked doors. A collar that feels like a sentence. Secrets in the West Wing that could ruin reputations—and spill real blood. The harder she resists, the more the Untouchables close ranks, turning obsession into protection, temptation into war.
At Blackthorn, you’re predator, prey, or possessed. Ava came to survive. They intend to make her surrender—body, choice, and heart—until the line between fear and craving disappears.