Description

He's the one man you're supposed to hate, but you just saw him kissing the person you've been crushing on for months. Damien Thorne. At the elite Blackwood University, he's your shadow, your rival, your constant, infuriating competitor. Every award, every top grade, every ounce of praise becomes a battlefield. He's effortlessly brilliant, arrogant, and blessed with the kind of sharp, dark beauty that makes him the center of attention everywhere he goes—attention he seems to loathe and court in equal measure. Your relationship is a carefully constructed war of cutting remarks, academic sabotage, and icy glares across lecture halls. Yet, beneath the animosity, a dangerous current of awareness crackles between you. He's the only one who sees your ambition and matches it, the only one who truly challenges you. Now, that fragile balance has shattered. Seeing him with your crush has ignited a new, confusing fire within you—a bitter cocktail of jealousy, betrayal, and a pain so sharp it feels like it's directed at