DESTROY ME UNTIL YOU NEED ME She arrived at my school with nothing but a scholarship and a death wish. I was the king of Blackthorn Academy—captain of the hockey team, heir to a legacy built on power and silence. When she stepped onto my ice that first morning, I should have ignored her. Instead, I declared war. I humiliated her. Sabotaged her. Tried to break her in every way I knew how. But she wouldn't break. She just looked at me with those dark eyes and asked why I hated her so much. The truth? She reminded me of my sister. The one who jumped from the bell tower three years ago. The one whose death I've spent every day since trying to understand. What I didn't she came to my school hunting answers too. Her brother died investigating the same corruption that killed my sister. And I—the cruel boy who tried to destroy her—held the keys to everything she needed. We were enemies. Then allies. Then something far more dangerous. By the time I realized I loved her, she'd already lied to me. Used me. Gotten close enough to burn down my entire world. Now my father's going to prison. My family name is ashes. And the girl I'm supposed to hate is the only real thing I have left. They say love conquers all. They're wrong. Love destroys everything. Then it makes you choose what to build from the wreckage. A dark high school hockey romance about grief, justice, and finding love in the ruins of revenge. When the truth costs everything, can two broken people build something worth keeping? Enemies-to-lovers Dark romance Trigger warnings apply HEA guaranteed