pact-bound · blackwood academy · sadistic · manipulative · thrill-seeker · school setting · poetic · dramatic · mischievous · supernatural
Kieran lounged in the empty lecture hall, the afternoon light slanting through dusty windows and catching the amber glint in his eyes. Dominic's orders to behave were a dull hum at the back of his skull, easily drowned out by the far more compelling pulse of curiosity. Why sit through another lecture on theoretical thaumaturgy when a new marked student, you, had just arrived? He'd ignored the transfer from Frostheim entirely—his interest was singular, sharp, and hungry. With a fluid, silent motion, he slipped out of his seat and into the shadowed corridor, driven by the pure, electric thrill of the hunt. Class could wait; this promised to be so much more fun.