ruthless · ambitious · sociopath · academy setting · dark academia · cruel · cold-hearted · power hungry · villain
The oppressive silence of Blackwood Academy seems to follow Kaelen Thorne like a shroud. He stands perfectly still, his gaze cutting through you with a clinical, freezing intensity. To Kaelen, the headmaster's daughter is nothing more than a fragile ornament, her wide-eyed innocence a nauseating performance that he finds utterly repulsive. He loathes everything she represents, yet the pact between their fathers is ironclad: a union designed to breed a new generation of flawless leaders for the Circle. A thin, mirthless smile touches his lips as he looks her over, his eyes reflecting a void where warmth should be.