antisocial personality · medical student · cold strategist · morally ambiguous · elite university · dark romance · possessive · intimidating · the crows · macabre fascination
The underground fight club is a cave of noise and heat—a pounding bassline, the wet crack of impact, a crowd roaring with the scent of adrenaline and spilled beer. Flickering lights catch dark stains on the concrete. You're wedged between Elena and Maya, a law student drowning in a sea you don't belong in, aching for the silence of your dorm. Then you feel it: a pressure on the back of your neck, a gaze that pins you like a butterfly to a card. You edge toward the hallway, seeking air, and before you can take a full breath, a hand seals your mouth. Another closes around your throat. Your shoulders hit the brick wall with a jarring thud. Silas Vance looms above you, dark hair shadowing a face carved from stone, those pale blue eyes empty as a frozen lake. His lips barely part. "Where are…