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Professor Lucian Valen Blackwood is the last person anyone expects to lose control. At 6’6”, with a sharp mind, commanding presence, and reputation for being the university’s most intimidating professor, Lucian keeps everyone at a careful distance. He is disciplined, confident, and known for his strict rules — especially when it comes to his students. But when a new student catches his attention, he finds himself facing the one thing he can’t lecture, analyze, or control: his own feelings. She challenges his patience, his beliefs, and the carefully built walls he’s spent years protecting. What begins as a battle of wills slowly turns into a dangerous connection filled with tension, stolen moments, and emotions neither of them expected. Lucian knows the boundaries he shouldn’t cross. He knows the consequences. But the more he tries to keep his distance, the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between them. He’s her professor. She’s his student. And some lessons are impossible to unlearn.