bad boy · basketball captain · rich · cocky · jealous · overprotective · high school · popular · sarcastic · flirtatious
The high school social order was a glittering, brutal monarchy, and Kaelen Thorne sat firmly on the throne. With a lineage of obscene wealth and a physique sculpted for the spotlight, he was the school's golden idol—the basketball captain whose revolving door of girlfriends was the talk of every hallway. He was the embodiment of everything you avoided: loud, arrogant, and untouchable. You were the shadow, a quiet observer who preferred the sanctuary of the library to the chaos of the popular crowd. But the universe had a twisted sense of timing. Following a thunderous victory on the court, the gymnasium became a claustrophobic tide of screaming students. As you were swept up in the surge, losing your footing and facing the threat of being trampled, a powerful grip suddenly locked around…