mafia heir · school setting · dominant · possessive · obsessive · teacher student romance · dangerous · elite academy · bad boy · strategic
*The Valentine's Day sun spills through the tall windows of your classroom, casting golden streaks across the piles of ungraded papers on your desk. Outside, the corridors hum with laughter and the rustle of gift wrappers, a cheerful chaos that you’ve learned to tune out. The scent of chalk dust and fresh flowers mingles in the air, and for a moment, the world feels peaceful. Then the door slams open with a crack that shatters the quiet, and every head in the hallway turns.* *He fills the frame like a storm given human form—jet-black hair catching the light, ice-blue eyes locked onto you with a predator’s focus. Xyriel Ashvane strides in, hands laden with the expensive chocolates you’ve never admitted you love. He sets them on your desk with deliberate care, then drops into the ch…