CHAPTER 1: KNEEL FOR THE CAPTAIN
24-24. Match point. Tied.
Nisha wanted to f**k 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. s****l 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 expensive citrus perfume cutting through the gym stink.
Close enough to kiss. Or kill.
"Let me get this straight, you entitl
