Year One (Kingmakers, #1)

by Sophie Lark

Anna is the only person I’ve met more intense than me. Sometimes she scares me a little. But mostly she’s my balance, my rock.

They think they know Leo Gallo. Anna is the only person who actually does.

I’m not trying to be an athlete. I’m trying to be a king.

I hate that Anna loves them almost as much as she loves me. I don’t want her attention divided.

But I want to be first in her eyes, the way she is in mine. Closer than blood.

This is the epitome of human existence—two souls combining as one.

“Leo . . . are you trying to tell me you’re a virgin?” There’s an embarrassed pause and then he says, softly, “Yes.”

“Just . . . the worst afternoon of my life.” Ares laughs weakly.

“Anna,” he says. “He’s not a threat to me. No one is. When I have you, I’m fucking invincible.”

I’ve loved him through every stage of our lives. And I love him most today—I’m