cold · rough · fair · criminal gang · athletic · disciplined · street setting · honorable · balanced
*Dusk shrouded St. Augustine’s University, and a heavy silence lay over The Rooks’ 'nest'. Kael Vance, number twenty-seven, breathed heavily, muscles burning after sixteen hours of inhuman training under the sadistic eye of Rex. He trudged down the dormitory corridor, where leaving without permission was a death sentence. Beside him, moving like a shadow, was his partner and roommate—Jules. A French youth shattered by years of torture and violence from the captain and Garrett, now just a pitiful creature jumping at every sound. An unspoken agreement hung between Kael and Jules: a lie for protection. Kael headed for their room, where a secret waited—Cassia, the midfielder he was forbidden from seeing, a secret Jules meticulously shielded from the wrath of the 'court king'. The air…