At St. Augustine’s Academy, privilege and power run through every marble hallway. For some, this final year means freedom. For others, it’s the stepping stone to even greater influence. But for a few, it will become a life-altering secret they can never escape.

Isabella Marquez has her future mapped out; graduate top of her class, enter the most prestigious university, and one day take control of her father’s empire. Nothing and no one will stop her.

Especially not Alexander Hawthorne with his smirk and blue eyes, the Duke’s reckless second son. To Isabella, he’s nothing more than a chain-smoking, party-throwing menace who will likely end up in jail before graduation.

But when a classmate turns up dead in Isabella’s dorm room, Alexander becomes the only person who can help her prove her innocence. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Isabella discovers that behind his arrogant smirk and scandalous reputation lies someone far more complicated than she ever imagined.

And in a world where secrets are currency and friends can become enemies and enemies can become something dangerously more, Isabella may find herself risking more than just her future, she may risk her heart.



Dive in to explore Isabella's life as it either takes a turn for the best or the worse.


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Arthur paused and turned to Yvette, Eilidh did the same thing and also Alexander. I did not register the fact that my best friend wouldn't want to stay in the infirmary especially given how much she hated the smell of antiseptics and even more injections.


"How about you sit down first before you start drilling people?" Micheal asked her.


Yvette smiled at him. "Good suggestion.'


Michael guided Yvette carefully toward the bed, his arm firm beneath her elbow as if she might crumble without him. She didn't protest this time, not much, anyway and it wasn't like she could protest either. I noticed the tightness around her smile, the quick flicker of pain whenever she shifted. Her ribs were still healing, and she shouldn't have been walking across the school like this but she was extremely stubborn.


I mean her broken ribs were a testament of how stubborn she was and how much she hated inequality.


Chapter 35 - Yvette Wants In