Release Date: September 30

Charlie knows three things for certain.

She shot Axel.

He survived.

And somehow, he doesn’t remember she was the one who pulled the trigger.

It should be a relief.

Instead, the man she’s secretly loved for years feels different. Colder. More dangerous. Axel still smiles, still flirts, still looks at her like he might remember exactly how good they were together—but there are pieces of him she’s never seen before.

Secrets beneath the jokes.

Blood beneath the charm.

And a darkness he’s very, very good at hiding.

Because Axel remembers everything.

The bullet.
The betrayal.
The woman he still can’t stop wanting.

What Charlie doesn’t know is that Axel has spent years living two lives. In one, he’s the reckless man everyone underestimates.

In the other, he wears a mask.

The Proctor.

Judge. Jury. Executioner.

With the Convocation approaching, four powerful families are preparing to fight for control of the Honor Society, and someone is willing to wipe out entire bloodlines to take it. They need two things to win:

The Ledger.
And the Proctor.

Axel has both.

Now he has eighteen days to discover who is hunting him, keep Charlie alive, and stop a war without revealing the one secret that could destroy them both.

Because Charlie is searching for the Proctor too.

She just doesn’t know she’s already falling for him.

Again.

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