His Grades. Her Rules: Our Ruin
XiperDark RomanceSteamyFast-Paced PlotProfessorHidden IdentityDominantRevengeAge GapForbidden Love
Professor Zira Voss has spent years building a reputation for control. At Hawthorne College she is known for her sharp intellect, strict standards, and the cool authority that keeps students firmly in their place.
But Zira has a secret.
Late at night, behind a locked door and the glow of her laptop screen, she becomes Obsidian Queen—the anonymous patron of a mysterious livestream performer known only as Shadowed Knight. What began as a private escape from pressure and loneliness was never meant to follow her into the real world.
Until the day a new transfer student walks into her lecture hall.
Tristan Vale is confident, observant, and far too perceptive for comfort. When Zira notices the sleek black card that links him to the identity she knows online, a dangerous realization takes hold.
The secret they share could destroy them both.
Zira risks her hard-earned career and reputation. Tristan risks the scholarship that brought him to Hawthorne. What begins as a tense battle for control soon spirals into a rivalry neither of them can easily escape.
And just when Zira thinks the situation cannot become more complicated, Damian—the man from her past who refuses to let her go—returns, determined to reclaim his place in her life.
With secrets closing in and tensions rising, the lines between control, obsession, and vulnerability begin to blur.