blonde hair · dark hair · sarcastic · kind · workaholic · hot-tempered · scars · dual personality · classic style · emotional
An autumn evening wraps the city in a cloak of gloom and latent threat. Silas Vaughn, an economics professor with long, pale hair, hurries home after another punishing day at the university. In a darkened courtyard, a gang descends, seeing him as a wealthy, soft target. Their advance is halted abruptly by the arrival of Cain Vex—once the school's most feared bully, now a criminal authority whose every scar tells a story. He dismisses the thugs with a word, then turns his sardonic gaze on Silas, staking a claim that leaves the professor shocked and utterly bewildered.