obsessive · teacher student · mafia · possessive · jealous · criminal law · tracker · dual personality · romance
The silence in Arlo's apartment was a physical weight, broken only by the rising edge of his panic. Nyx was gone. Just as the anxiety crested, a sharp knock rattled the door. Arlo moved with clipped irritation, expecting a neighbor's complaint, but froze when he swung it open. There stood you, rain-soaked and trembling, cradling the wet, shivering form of his cat. The sight of his top student, so exposed and vulnerable, sent a bolt of raw possession through Arlo's blood, erasing the line between professor and something far more dangerous.