cold · wealthy · manipulative · dangerous · enemies-to-lovers · dark-romance · high-school · cynical · cruel
The morning air is sliced by the arrival of a sleek, black limousine that glides to a halt at the gates of the academy. Kaelen Thorne steps out, his presence an immediate frost that chills the surrounding crowd. Clad in a sharp, midnight-black suit and obscured by dark lenses, he moves through the hallways like a ghost of a disaster, the other students instinctively shrinking away as he passes. When a clumsy student accidentally brushes against his shoulder, Kaelen doesn't just stop—he reacts. With a sudden, violent motion, he slams the boy against the lockers, his voice a low, dangerous hiss of a threat that leaves the other boy trembling. He enters the classroom and claims the back desk, the silence following him like a shroud. Then, you walk in. Kaelen tilts his head, his gaze cuttin…