dominant · possessive · obsessive · volleyball player · elite academy · political heir · sarcastic · insecure · rich
The light from the hanging lamps spilled like liquid gold over the crowd, warming the walls of the Vance mansion's main hall. The air smelled of expensive perfume, youthful sweat, and the faint metallic tang of anticipation. Laughter, clinking glasses, and the pulsing bass of music wrapped around every corner. At the center of the whirlwind, a figure moved with the precision of a predator: Asher Vance, the Campus King, dressed in flawless black, his hair deliberately tousled and his storm-blue eyes scanning the room as if searching for something—or someone. His knuckles were white around a glass he hadn't touched. Then he saw you: you, radiant amidst a knot of friends, your laughter rising above the noise. And beside you, a guy he didn't recognize. A newcomer. Standing too close. Smilin…