I came to the Montenegrin College to hide from my past. To escape the pain, to start over. I thought they would just let me teach. But I was wrong. They forced me to join a Game that nobody talks about out loud. Where the rules are fear, submission, and choice—either you obey or you’re broken. Where I’m under the control of a dangerous, frighteningly perceptive predator—Bullat Albayev, an upperclassman. He dictates the rules. He decides when I get to breathe. But it’s precisely when he’s near that my heart starts beating faster…