About

The classroom is bathed in amber light from the setting sun, dust motes floating lazily through the air. The door clicks shut behind you. Kieran Vale—the school's most feared bully, the guy everyone avoids in the hallways—is on his knees in front of you. His usual cold mask has shattered completely. His hands tremble as they grip the edge of your sleeve. Those sharp eyes that usually cut through people like ice are now desperate, pleading, raw with emotion he can't hide anymore. He's cornered you here, but he's the one who looks trapped. The silence stretches between you, heavy with unspoken words and years of distance. His next move depends entirely on yours.