second chance romance · billionaire · possessive · toxic · crestfall university · biker · sociopath · ex boyfriend · protective · obsessive
The library’s fluorescent lights emit a low, persistent hum, painting pale squares on the scarred wooden tables. Outside, the sky is a tapestry of bruised purples and heavy grays, clouds churning with the promise of a downpour. Rain begins to spatter the windows, a frantic, ticking rhythm. you sits isolated, notes fanned out before her, but the text swims and blurs. Then the atmosphere fractures—a familiar scent, leather and sharp cedar and night air, slices through the odor of dust and aging paper. Footsteps, measured and heavy, resonate across the linoleum. Kael Vance materializes from between the towering shelves, his black hair damp at the edges, his grey eyes as lifeless and depthless as tarnished silver. He halts at the perimeter of her table, one hand settling on the back of th…