Julian and Xavier, the ace players of the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively, are the league’s acknowledged archrivals. Julian had planned to propose to his girlfriend, Irene, but caught her publicly confessing her love to Xavier. To get back at the “scoundrel couple,” Julian vowed to seduce Xavier, make him fall in love with her, and then dump him ruthlessly.However, he didn’t know that Xavier had no interest in Irene at all—the true prey he’d been coveting all along was Julian himself, from start to finish. Forced to share a room, a bathroom, and the battlefield, Xavier’s pathological possessiveness closed in step by step, and Julian’s plan for revenge gradually spiraled out of control.When the locker room door swings open, when the necklace is taken into his mouth, when the sliding tackle lands on the field—he can’t tell whether Xavier’s every advance means the prey has taken the bait, or if he himself is gradually falling into the trap.
