Seventeen-year-old Ethan Park is the definition of discipline and perfection. Handsome, composed, and admired by everyone, he’s earned the nickname Ice King for his cold precision and unshakable calm on the basketball court. To Ethan, teamwork is everything, and his dream is simple yet fierce — to lead his school team to victory at the National Student Championship and claim the cup that could launch his future professional career.

But that dream is suddenly challenged when Jayden transfers into the school. Jayden is everything Ethan isn’t — reckless, hot-headed, confident, and rebellious. Where Ethan believes in structure, Jayden thrives on chaos. And worse, Jayden thinks Ethan’s obsession with discipline and teamwork is nothing but nonsense.

When the two are forced to share not only the same court but also the same dorm, tension sparks at every turn. Ethan finds Jayden infuriating; Jayden finds Ethan insufferable. Yet somewhere between their rivalry, arguments, and endless competition, something unexpected begins to form — something that neither of them can quite ignore.

What happens when the Ice King starts to melt… and the rebel who caused it begins to care?

Lyanna froze in a state of absolute paralysis, her heart hammering against her ribs like a trapped bird. In this singular, agonizing moment, she developed a profound and burning hatred for the concept of supernatural hearing. She wished with everything in her soul that she was a normal, dull-eared human again, because the clarity of Cedric's approach was driving her into a frantic corner. She dared not move a muscle. She knew that if she could hear his heavy, rhythmic tread on the stairs, then he, with his superior Alpha senses, could certainly hear her scurrying around the room.


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