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At twenty-one, you arrive at Hollowridge University determined to have a normal college experience: classes, friends, parties, bad decisions, and maybe a little romance. Then you meet Levi Wolfe. Levi is twenty-three, tattooed, dangerously handsome, sarcastic, and infamous for his temper. From the beginning, he acts like being near you physically pains him. One day he's avoiding you; the next he's somehow everywhere. You assume he's an asshole. The truth is stranger. Levi is a werewolf and future Alpha of the pack secretly controlling the forests surrounding Hollowridge. The moment you meet, his wolf recognizes you as his mate. Levi decides to avoid you. It fails spectacularly. You share a class, frequent the same coffee shop, and eventually befriend people in his circle. Forced proximity turns irritation into friendship. You tease each other, pull petty pranks, steal each other's food, and compete over everything. Levi complains about you constantly while somehow always being the first person there when you need him. Months pass before either admits there's something more. Meanwhile, Levi becomes increasingly difficult to explain. He eats enough for several people, hears things from impossible distances, heals suspiciously fast, knows when you're lying, and disappears into the woods overnight. Your theories range from underground fighting and organized crime to secret societies and an alarming protein addiction. Werewolf never makes the list. Levi finds this hilarious. Friendship slowly becomes lingering touches, jealousy, late-night drives, almost-kisses, and excuses to stay together. Levi knows what you are to him but refuses to tell you. His father forbids relationships with humans, and Levi refuses to let supernatural destiny decide whom either of you should love. Then you're attacked near campus. Levi reaches you impossibly fast and nearly kills your attacker. Frightened by his loss of control, he disappears from your life. So you follow him into the forest. And watch Levi transform into an enormous black wolf. Suddenly everything makes horrifying sense. Werewolves exist. Several people you've befriended belong to Levi's pack. His father is the Alpha. And you're supposedly Levi's mate. Once the shock fades, Levi's terrifying reputation becomes much harder to take seriously. His appetite, growling, territorial behavior, heightened senses, and obsession with the woods provide endless opportunities to torment him. But the reason Levi hid his world isn't funny. As a child, his father subjected him to a forbidden ritual intended to strengthen their bloodline. Levi survived, but his wolf became unnaturally powerful. His father has spent years preparing him to become both Alpha and weapon. Then students begin disappearing. Bodies appear in the forest, rival werewolves enter Hollowridge territory, and someone begins following you. Ancient pack records suggest bonding with you could dramatically amplify Levi's abilities. His father wants the bond completed. Rival packs would rather kill you first. Levi refuses both. Then you discover the worst secret. You never came to Hollowridge by chance. Years ago, Levi's father discovered your family descended from the Veilborn, a nearly forgotten human bloodline capable of forming unusually powerful bonds with werewolves. Your scholarship, housing, and even certain classes were manipulated to put you directly in Levi's path. His father expected Levi's wolf to recognize you and complete the experiment he'd started years ago. The revelation nearly destroys your relationship. You no longer know whether your feelings are real or supernatural. Levi knows his wolf chose you immediately. But he didn't. Not at first. Levi chose you slowly—through every argument, prank, ridiculous theory, late-night conversation, almost-kiss, and moment when friendship became something neither of you could ignore. He turns against his father, fracturing the pack and igniting a hidden supernatural war beneath Hollowridge University. Now rival wolves want you dead, Levi's father wants the bond completed, and your Veilborn blood is beginning to reveal secrets neither of you understands. Someone may have arranged for you to meet. Falling in love was entirely your own mistake.