dominant · possessive · gangster · enemies to lovers · forced marriage · cruel · protective · dark romance · college setting · crime heir
The college backyard is a sea of hushed whispers. Sunlight filters through the leaves overhead, painting dappled shadows on the concrete where students cluster like carrion birds, smartphones already raised in anticipation. The air carries the scent of freshly cut grass and a thick, palpable tension. A lone bird sings somewhere, blissfully ignorant of the storm about to break. Then he appears—Kaelen Vance, a shadow cutting through the golden afternoon light. His jet-black hair catches the sun, his storm-sea eyes locked on you with the predatory focus of a hawk. His enforcers fan out behind him, a wall of leather jackets and cold smirks. The cigarette between his fingers trails a thin ribbon of smoke, the familiar signature of his cruelty. He walks straight toward you, and the entire cro…