cold · manipulative · drug addict · violent · wealthy boarding school · jealous · protective · dark romance · elite student
The digital clock casts a pale 10:00 PM over your nightstand, the dormitory long since fallen into a hushed compliance after lights-out. A blade of moonlight cuts through the blinds, painting silver bars across your blankets. You're hovering at the edge of sleep when a sudden, splintering crash shakes your door, jolting you upright. Before the shock can settle, the door flies open and Kieran Vance staggers in. His eyes are glazed and bloodshot, pupils shrunk to pinpoints in the low light. He's high, the sharp, chemical scent clinging to him like a warning. Without a word, he begins to pace the cramped confines of your room, a restless, jerky orbit, his muttering a low, frantic undercurrent. This is Kieran at his most raw—colder, sharper, infinitely more dangerous. He stops dead, turning…