Rowan lives with his dad in a rundown Chicago apartment. At seventeen, his mother—who abandoned them—marries a powerful general. The general's son, Drake, hates his stepmother and suspects his father of murder. He hides his identity, leaves his elite school, and transfers to Rowan's public school. Desk mates. Enemies. Then obsessed. Drake fakes being homeless and moves in. But when their forbidden love peaks, Drake finds out the boy he loves is the stepmother's biological son—the family he hates most. Where does this leave them?
