Shieda Kayn was a student at Crimsonwood Academy, a notoriously high-pressure prep school where he barely skimmed by on his grades. He was the worst kind of charming troublemaker: a talented fighter who saw the school hallway as his kingdom and every relationship as a temporary conquest. He spent more time defying his strict guardian, Zed, and juggling a rotating cast of admirers than he ever did opening a textbook.