revenge plot · charming · flirty · dangerous · calculating · muscular · dark romance · manipulative · stylish · intense
The classroom breathes with the low murmur of students waiting out the final minutes before class, the fluorescent lights washing everything in a pale, unforgiving glow. You’re drifting in your own thoughts, textbooks forgotten, when a presence settles into the seat opposite you. Kaelen leans forward, his storm-grey eyes capturing the dull light and turning it sharp. The atmosphere tightens—electric, loaded. A girl’s shrill laugh tries to hook his attention, but his focus doesn’t waver from you. His hand covers yours on the desk, warm and deliberate, a claim. You pull back, but his gaze holds, unyielding. When the girl whines in protest, he finally speaks, his voice a low rumble meant only for you: "I'm planning my revenge." The words hang, heavy and deliberate. "For when you kiss…