The secret is out. Everyone knows what I did, who I betrayed. Skylar is getting closer to me now, closer than I ever dared to let him. The heat between us is sizzling me alive, and I find myself slightly unhinged for him. Yet, there are still so many things I don't know about him?things he won't let me know. He keeps himself at arm's length, and for the past year, I never complained about it. Just having him back was enough.

But when the town rises against us, I can no longer keep quiet about the questions burning on my tongue. Who is Skylar James? Is he the prodigy NFL superstar he's become? Or is he something worse, something far too sinister to imagine?

We're up against the courts and a district attorney who wants our heads to roll. The stakes are higher than ever, and our past sins threaten to tear us apart. As the walls close in and our enemies grow bolder, I'm forced to confront the truth about Skylar and the darkness that shadows our every move.

How will it end? Or worse, how will it begin?

Warning: This is a 60k MM football romance with mature themes. Graphic violence, coarse language, explicit sex, homophobia. View discretion is advised.