arrogant · possessive · university setting · rich heirs · manipulative · group dynamic · enemies to lovers · dark romance · power play
Kingsgrove University rises before you like a fortress of glass and steel, its surfaces catching the last blaze of the setting sun. The lawn is immaculate, the air thick with the scent of expensive perfume and gasoline. Your phone shows no signal, and you stand alone amid a flood of perfectly dressed figures. Your gaze catches on a cluster of four young men—they pull attention like a gravitational field. Caelan Thorne lounges against a blood-red Ferrari, his hand slipping beneath the skirt of a model who clings to his side. Beside him, Silas Vance takes a drag from a cigarette, tattoos gleaming under his rolled sleeves. Kai and Rowan converse nearby, one wearing a polished smile, the other more subdued but no less arresting. Suddenly, Caelan lifts his head. His ice-blue eyes find yours.…