This is the story of how one perfect couple becomes three.<br><br>Austin and Riley have been together since high school. They've always loved each other and know they'll spend the rest of their lives together. But when they start playing soccer in college, they meet a sexy blond named Luke who, as far as they know, is the stereotypical conservative rich kid with the perfect GPA, who might also be their answer to a question they never asked.<br><br>For Luke, college life means keeping his head down and working hard, denying his own needs until he graduates and can get out from under his father's thumb. It works, until he meets Austin and Riley, smart, gorgeous, and in desperate need of someone to look after them. Luke longs to be that someone, but is he willing to give up his future to have an amazing now?

Off Sides

He took a step closer to Riley and bit back a cry, shocked. Blood oozed from cuts on the inside of his forearms, long thin lines in the pale skin. Panic surged through him. “He needs an ambulance!”


“No,” Austin said at his side, voice tired, sad. “He does that sometimes.”


For the first time Luke noticed the web of fine scars running the length of Riley’s slender arms. His heart ached but also stirred with anger, all his protective instincts coming to the forefront.


Luke winced, feeling Austin’s agony as his own. He leaned over Riley and touched the hem of his shirt. “May I?”


Riley made no answer, his face a sleepy mask, heavy lidded, lined with pain. Luke swallowed his tears and gently raised Riley’s shirt. Christ!Perfectly round bruises, the size of fists, ran his back, and his whole right side was purple with ugly contusions. Kicked, maybe…


Fury scorched through Luke, but he shoved it away. Only Riley mattered.


Chapter 8