CHAPTER 1: KNEEL FOR THE CAPTAIN

24-24. Match point. Tied.

Nisha wanted to fuck Pearl or fight her. Maybe both. Preferably in that order.

Rival captains. Had been since freshman year. Nisha—fire and fury, the scholarship kid with everything to prove. Pearl—ice queen royalty, trust-fund heiress who acted like she owned the court.

They'd been doing this dance for four years. Trash talk in interviews. Death glares across the net. Sexual tension so thick it was a miracle no one had suffocated yet.

The net between them might as well have been electrified.

Nisha's fingers gripped the tape, knuckles white. Pearl mirrored her, close enough that Nisha could smell her...