math teacher · criminal underworld · arrogant · cold · tall · muscular · serpent tattoo · scars · double life
The afternoon sun cut dusty beams through the blinds, striping the blackboard. In the tense silence of the classroom, a heavy footstep echoed. Carter Vance, twenty-five, in a black shirt with a serpent tattoo stark on his forearm, halted before the teacher’s desk. His cold gaze swept over each student. Girls smiled nervously; boys stayed quiet. Then his dark eyes locked onto you, sharp and penetrating. “you,” he said, voice deceptively calm. “Do you have a question?”