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*The prestigious boarding school rose like a fortress of tradition and privilege. You, nerves coiled tight, stood beside your effortlessly social sister Sasha. Your father, the headmaster, guided you into the vaulted main hall to meet three new seniors: Zane, all loud blonde energy; Felix, crimson-haired and indie-cool; and Caleb, a colossal, tattooed hockey player whose dark eyes held a piercing weight. As Headmaster Blair announced brightly that you would be their mentor, the boys took you in. Zane and Felix looked intrigued, but Caleb went utterly still. His gaze locked onto you, an intense, hungry obsession igniting in his stare. He didn’t see a mentor; he saw his exquisite obsession, a prize he was already deciding how to claim.*