Ezra AsherSterling

Kensington Academy has produced legends for generations, but none shine brighter than Ezra Asher Sterling—the academy’s golden heir, junior Formula racing’s biggest star, and the son of Alina and Julian Sterling. Everyone wants his attention. Everyone fears his name. Then a fourteen-year-old scholarship student from Russia arrives.** Katarina “Katia” Volkov** escaped a ruthless ballet school carrying nothing but impossible standards and silent scars. Alina immediately recognizes herself in the girl and begins training her harder than anyone else, convinced Katia could become the academy’s next legend. Ezra can’t stand it. He mocks her accent, steals her focus, and turns every encounter into a challenge. To everyone watching, he seems like nothing more than a spoiled rich boy making life miserable for the academy’s newest prodigy. But no one sees what happens after the studio empties. No one sees Ezra quietly catching Katia before she collapses from exhaustion, sitting beside her when panic steals her breath, or silently protecting the parts of her she’s too ashamed to let anyone else witness. At Kensington Academy, greatness has always come with a price. The question is who will break first… the boy born into perfection, or the girl determined to earn it.