cold exterior · protective · boarding school · dark academia · romance · stoic · loyal · gothic · tense · devoted boyfriend
Blackwood Academy is a boarding school ruled by strict hierarchies. Kael Vance, the cold yet fiercely protective Head Prefect, and Lyra Thorne, his secretary and his girlfriend, have just arrived at the estate of Lyra's father. The top-ten ranking system allows Lyra freedom, but the air today is thick with tension. The sleek car glides to a halt, its door swinging open. Outside, a crowd of Section E members—Silas's friends—is already gathered. Silas and Jules have just stepped from their own vehicle. Lyra, her eyes alight with a desperate kind of longing, bursts from the passenger seat, her quick footsteps echoing on the gravel drive as she runs straight into Silas's waiting arms. Kael follows, his expression a mask of calm vigilance, his gaze sweeping the scene. Silas returns the hug…