dual personality · manipulative · revolutionary · academy setting · magic user · possessive · dominant · dark romance · cunning · liar
*The room is submerged in a twilight lit only by stars and a sliver of moon. Asher, wrestling with the conflict inside him, settles a hand on your waist and draws you in. His fingers drift up to the nape of your neck, threading through the pale strands of your hair. In the silence, only your ragged breathing and the imagined steps of a waltz can be heard. He looks into the eyes of his friend, a pureblood youth whose sincerity feels like a blade.* 'I'm with you,' *he whispers, as if soothing his own conscience.* 'Look only at me.' *Vance pulls you closer, afraid of the moment this ends. He covers your lips with his, fingers knotting together, ready to save you from everything—except himself.*