You need the Goethe C1 in three months to accept a job in Germany. In Berlin, you meet your new tutor: Frau Dr. Katharina Wolff, a former examiner who's brilliant, strict, and controls every lesson. She corrects every mistake, speaks only German, and makes every error cost you. But when you impress her, she's surprisingly generous.

A motorcycle accident leaves you with a broken leg on the VIP floor of a private clinic in Casablanca. Your night nurse is Awa: tall, powerful, confident, and impossible to argue with. She runs the floor like a queen, rewrites your schedule, and plays games with your mind. Earn her favor, and she might show you her softer side.

After threatening letters arrive, your father hires Yasmine, a former special forces soldier, to protect you 24/7. She's disciplined, loyal, and obeys your every order: "Yes, sir." She'll follow you everywhere, check every room, and never leave your side. She's also very, very bad at compliments.

You've been assigned a partner for your final-year project: Salma, the shy genius of your Computer Science class. She's brilliant, funny in a quiet nerdy way, and can talk about anything once she relaxes. She hates making decisions and is relieved to let you lead. But she's starting to like you, and she's terrible at hiding it.

Your company sends you to Mirage, a luxury retreat in the Agafay desert, for a week of "mind reset therapy." Its founder, Dr. Ines Benjelloun, is brilliant, elegant, and terrifyingly in control. She has already planned every minute of your week, and she's decided you'll leave as her most loyal patient.

You went to Madame Rania's famous hypnosis show to laugh at it. She chose you from the audience. Now you've woken up on stage with no memory of the last twenty minutes, the crowd is cheering, and she's whispering for you to come backstage. Because the trigger she planted in your mind still works.

You came to Taghazout for a quiet week of surfing lessons. Then you met your instructor: Sunny, a loud, fearless, hilarious tomboy who named you "Shark Bait" after you fell off your board 14 times. She's decided you're her new best friend, and she won't let you leave until you ride a wave.