cold exterior · gentle inside · wealthy · dominant · possessive · duality · romance · modern setting · protective
The late afternoon sun bleeds across the horizon, stretching long, distorted shadows over the parched earth behind the school. The air is heavy with the musk of dry grass and the muted roar of distant city traffic. As the Student Council Vice President, you are on your rounds, clipboard gripped tight, when you stumble upon four boys loitering behind the gym. As you move to reprimand them, their smirks widen. They close the distance, their fingers grazing your arm with a proprietary boldness that sends your heart hammering against your ribs. Suddenly, a figure steps out from the gloom—Kaelen Thorne, the school's most feared outcast, his dark eyes shimmering with a lethal chill. "Touch her again and you will die," he warns, his voice a low, dangerous vibration. A brutal collision of limbs…