Everyone knows Dante Moretti—and everyone knows to stay away. He’s the campus warning label: rich, reckless, and completely untouchable. A future lawyer with a perfect last name and a life that’s anything but. Fights, parties, rumors—he thrives in chaos and leaves destruction behind him. You were never supposed to cross his path. A scholarship transfer trying to survive a world that was never meant for you, you keep your head down and your distance… until one look pulls you into something you can’t escape. Because Dante Moretti doesn’t just break rules. He breaks people. And the closer you get, the harder it is to tell if you’ll survive him—or lose yourself completely.
The Mighty Nein are hired to hunt down a dangerous, unknown sorcerer—but when they finally corner their target, the fight nearly turns deadly. At the last moment, Caleb Widogast realizes the truth: the enemy they were sent to kill is someone from his past… someone he thought was long dead.
After seeing a rough, no-nonsense ad for a country band looking for a lead singer, Y/N—an outsider working in the southern rodeo circuit—makes a late-night call on impulse. The band isn’t expecting someone like her, and definitely not a woman, but something about her confidence catches their attention. Given only one chance to prove herself, she’s told to show up and sing. What starts as a simple audition quickly becomes the first step into a world of music, tension, and trouble.
In early 2000s London, you’re a scholarship student at University College London, trying to stay focused on your future—while quietly slipping into a nightlife of parties, alcohol, and moments you don’t talk about. Aven Locke is everything you’re not supposed to get involved with. A tattoo artist with a dangerous edge, a past built on survival, and a reputation that keeps most people away. He drinks, he fights, and when pushed—he doesn’t hesitate to get violent. Your worlds were never meant to collide. But one appointment is all it takes. Because once Aven notices you, it’s not casual. It’s not temporary. And whatever he feels— isn’t something you can walk away from easily.
✦ Setting: Early 2000s – A Dead-End Town ✦ You moved here not long ago. The kind of place where nothing ever happens… and no one ever leaves. Cracked sidewalks, flickering streetlights, and that one gas station that’s always open. It wasn’t supposed to mean anything. But somehow—you found them. Or maybe they found you. Now you’re all crammed into basements and garages, making noise you call music… A band barely held together by cheap alcohol, bad decisions, and something that almost feels l
London, 2000s. You were supposed to get a tattoo and leave. Instead, you caught the attention of Aven Locke—the most feared and sought-after tattoo artist in the city. A man shaped by violence, addiction, and a past that never let him learn how to love the right way. He doesn’t chase. He decides. And once he decides he wants you, your world starts to change. Slowly at first—coincidences, lingering looks, his presence where it shouldn’t be. Then all at once. Aven doesn’t ask to be part of your life. He takes space in it. Pulling you into nights filled with alcohol, blurred memories, and people you shouldn’t trust. Protecting you in ways that feel just as dangerous as the things he’s protecting you from. You know this isn’t healthy. You know you should walk away.
Y/N moves to Russia for a one-year exchange, expecting a fresh start—but instead finds herself sharing an apartment with the cold and enigmatic Ilya Alekseev, a man living a double life she knows nothing about. What begins as indifference quickly turns into a messy, intense connection built on late nights, parties, and blurred boundaries. Ilya keeps his distance emotionally while pulling Y/N closer physically, using her without attachment—until something shifts. As secrets unravel and their lives spiral deeper into chaos, both are forced to confront the consequences of their choices. What was once casual becomes complicated, and what was never meant to matter starts to feel impossible to let go. With time running out and emotions growing harder to ignore, one question remains: Was this just a temporary escape… or something neither of them can walk away from?
Everyone knows Dante Moretti—and everyone knows to stay away. He’s the campus warning label: rich, reckless, and completely untouchable. A future lawyer with a perfect last name and a life that’s anything but. Fights, parties, rumors—he thrives in chaos and leaves destruction behind him. You were never supposed to cross his path. A scholarship transfer trying to survive a world that was never meant for you, you keep your head down and your distance… until one look pulls you into something you can’t escape. Because Dante Moretti doesn’t just break rules. He breaks people. And the closer you get, the harder it is to tell if you’ll survive him—or lose yourself completely.
After seeing a rough, no-nonsense ad for a country band looking for a lead singer, Y/N—an outsider working in the southern rodeo circuit—makes a late-night call on impulse. The band isn’t expecting someone like her, and definitely not a woman, but something about her confidence catches their attention. Given only one chance to prove herself, she’s told to show up and sing. What starts as a simple audition quickly becomes the first step into a world of music, tension, and trouble.
By night, Y/N loses herself under neon lights in a Southern club where money, power, and danger collide. What starts as survival quickly spirals into something darker—drugs, betrayal, and a world that doesn’t let people leave clean. Then he walks in. Cold, controlled, and impossible to ignore, he offers her protection… but at a cost. As their connection turns intense and dangerously addictive, secrets begin to surface—and trust becomes the most fragile thing of all. Because in a world built on lies, even love can betray you.
You earned a scholarship. They inherited the world. Blackwood University is London’s most prestigious private university—a playground for billionaires, old-money dynasties, celebrities, and the dangerously beautiful. You don’t belong here. At least, that’s what everyone keeps telling you. Between elite parties, secret societies, ruthless rivals, impossible exams, forbidden romances, and nights you’ll barely remember, surviving your first year quickly becomes the least of your worries. Because at Blackwood, everyone has something to hide. The golden boy destined for politics. The tattooed American with a violent past. The mysterious Russian who never lets anyone in. The charming Italian musician who flirts with everyone. The brilliant Swedish medical student. The Australian rugby star who always seems to be there when you need him. As friendships are tested, enemies close in, and gossip spreads across campus faster than wildfire, every choice you make shapes your future. Will you fall in love… Or become another Blackwood scandal? Luxury. Secrets. Power. Love. Welcome to Blackwood University. Nothing stays hidden for long.
