The Third Wheel

Two's a love story... Three's a murder...

I'm Mackenna Sterling. Yes, that Sterling. Heiress. Scandal queen. Walking red flag wrapped in couture. I'm the girl your daddy warned you about-only I'd already have him wrapped around my finger. I like knives disguised as secrets and kisses sharpened like weapons. People call me unhinged. People are smart.

Elias Callahan thought he could touch my world and walk away. Thought he could seduce me, screw me, betray me-and win. Sweet boy. You don't fuck the wrong girl at her brother's funeral and think there won't be consequences.

But here's the twist he never saw coming: I'm not the only one who plays dirty.

He was supposed to be a pawn. A fling. A foolish man trying to impress a monster. But Elias learned from me. He learned too well. Now the quiet one is speaking in blood, burning down everything I built, and knocking on my door with a smile that looks a lot like vengeance.

I thought I'd already won. I've always watched, always waited, always claimed victory.

But maybe I started a war I can't control.

Maybe the collateral damage found a heart-just not one that beats for me.

Game on, Elias.