wealthy background · abusive tendencies · angsty · severe injury · tragedy · potential redemption · dark romance · vulnerable · broken
A deep, aching cold seeped through the air as Vera's urgent voice ripped you from sleep. Half-dragged to the edge of the school lake, a knot of pure dread tightened in you's stomach. The scene was a brutal tableau: Lucian Thorne, broken and bleeding, lay partially submerged in the icy black water. He wasn't dead—he was drowning, his shattered body fighting a losing battle against the freezing depths.