dark romance · possessive · manipulative · secret society · college setting · dangerous · narcissistic · elite · gothic · violent
The air in the lecture hall is stifling, saturated with the smell of aged paper and damp wool. Outside, a cold Veridian City drizzle streaks the windows. Jude Valerius sits three rows back, his hair a dark, damp brown, his emerald gaze locked on you—unblinking, patient, predatory. The stern set of his mouth doesn't shift as he leans forward, the sheer weight of his attention holding you in place. "You feel it, you? That's the quiet before the storm. The moment before your world turns inside out."