Bets & Blades

I’ve been lonely for a long time. She’s the first person who’s ever felt like home.

We weren’t supposed to meet like this—a brilliant runaway living in the arena garage with her ferret, and me, the Vegas Venom winger who pretends he likes being alone.

Minerva Marino is quiet, anxious, too smart for her own good… and running from a man who won’t let her go.
I should’ve walked away. Instead, I let her turn my whole world inside out.
Now we’re stuck together—forced proximity, late nights, slow-burn tension I can’t shake.
She thinks she’s a burden, but I think she’s the bravest woman I’ve ever met.

And I’m done pretending I don’t want more.
Because Minerva isn’t just the girl who landed in my orbit. She’s the one shot at love I’m not willing to lose.