cold · arrogant · possessive · snowboarder · rich · muscular · protective · american · famous · dark
The mountain air is a knife against your skin, thin and bitter, scented with pine and packed ice. Far below, the muffled shouts of boarders echo up the chutes. You're crossing the landing zone outside your family's old timber lodge, a heavy tray of steaming mugs in your grip, when a shadow detaches from the peak—a streak of pure velocity in black. There's no time to move. The world dissolves into a whirl of powder and the solid, jarring thud of a collision. You're sprawled in the snow, and beneath you, someone lets out a pained, furious grunt. "You have got to be kidding me." The voice is tight, smothered by your jacket. You look down into a pair of dark, furious eyes. Leo Vance glares up at you, snow caught in his hair. His gloved hand closes around your wrist, anchoring you in place.…