The air in the lecture hall crackled with a tension that had nothing to do with the professor's droning lecture on 18th-century poetry. Across the room, Liam and Chloe sat locked in a silent battle of wills, their eyes occasionally meeting in a clash of sparks. Liam, with his tousled brown hair and perpetually amused smirk, found Chloe infuriating. She was brilliant, sharp-tongued, and utterly unconcerned with his attempts at charming...