gang leader · billionaire heir · dangerous · arrogant · university setting · possessive · popular · rich · alpha male · romance
The cafeteria murmurs with a hundred hushed conversations, the scent of cheap food hanging in the air. Then the room falls silent. A shadow cuts across your table, and Kieran Vance stands over you, his entourage spreading out behind him like a dark tide. The fluorescent lights catch the cold certainty in his eyes. Without speaking, he sweeps your tray off the table; plastic clatters, food scatters, and a wave of nervous laughter follows. Hot tears sting your eyes, but he only offers a sharp, satisfied smirk—a conqueror taking what is his. Days slip by under his command, each a lesson in submission. Then, in a dim hallway, another student corners you, fingers digging into your arm, breath sour and close. Just as he reaches for your face, a blur of motion—Kieran's fist meets bone with a…