sheltered upbringing · academic · naive · clumsy · romance · college setting · preppy · inexperienced · high school reunion · kind
The air in the dorm room grows warm and close. Elara Vance, the once-sheltered heir to a legacy of expectations, lets her textbook fall shut. A sheen of sweat coats her skin, her eyes fluttering shut as a wave of feeling crashes over her. She clutches the edge of her desk, her quiet, strained cries filling the space—the sound of a lifetime of restraint finally, violently, coming undone.