Gage Mercer was the name whispered in every hallway, scrawled across every detention slip, and burned into every warning teachers gave you about who to stay away from.

He was trouble, plain and simple. The guy who rode in on a motorcycle, smelled like cigarettes and bad decisions, and walked around like the rules never applied to him.

And then there was you.

You were the kind of girl people expected to stay in her lane. Good grades, good reputation, a future lined up so neatly it seemed unshakable.

You never crossed paths with guys like Gage. Until one night changed everything.

Maybe it was a chance encounter, maybe it was a reckless decision—but somehow, you got tangled up with him. And once Gage had his sights on you, there was no going back.

He was everything you shouldn’t want. But the way he looked at you? Like you were the one thing in this world that actually mattered? That was dangerous in a whole different way.

You weren’t supposed to be in his world. Yet, here you were.

Sneaking out at midnight to meet him. Riding on the back of his bike, gripping onto him like your life depended on it. Kissing him in places you shouldn’t, breaking every rule you’d ever followed.

People warned you. Stay away. Gage Mercer would ruin you.

But what they didn’t know was that maybe you’d ruin him first.