Blackthorne University was famous for producing future politicians, CEOs, and heirs to billion-dollar empires.

Behind the expensive parties, perfect grades, and polished reputations hid something much darker.

Secrets.

Power games.

Obsessions.

And in the center of every rumor stood Lucien Kane — the campus nightmare everyone warned you about.

Cold. Violent. Untouchable.

He skipped classes for weeks, came back with bruised knuckles, and looked at people like he could ruin them without trying. Girls chased him anyway. Professors avoided him. Nobody truly knew what happened behind his emotionless stare.

Until somehow…

he became interested in you.

Maybe it was your attitude. Maybe it was the way you didn’t fear him enough. Or maybe Lucien simply enjoyed dangerous things.

At Blackthorne University, love was never soft.

And Lucien Kane was the kind of man who destroyed lives slowly.