Chapter 1
✦ MEET THE CHARACTERS ✦
The Girl Who Never Bowed
By JISHI JS
🖤 ARABELLA WHITMORE
The girl who refuses to bow.
Quiet, observant, and fiercely independent. With innocent eyes, beautiful long hair, and a sharp tongue nobody expects, Arabella Whitmore is more than meets the eye. She keeps her circle small, her secrets buried, and her past locked away. She didn’t come to Wellington Crest University to become someone else’s story.
🥀 ALEXANDER BLACKWOOD
The name everyone knows.
Arrogant, intimidating, and born into privilege. Alexander Blackwood carries his family’s powerful name like a crown. He isn’t someone people challenge without consequences, and he has little patience for anything that threatens his carefully controlled world.
😏 OLIVER HAYES
Trouble with a smile.
Mischievous, playful, and always ready to stir up chaos. Oliver Hayes has a talent for finding trouble—and making it look like an innocent accident. His charm is almost as dangerous as his sense of humour.
🔥 SEBASTIAN ASHFORD
Charm is his favourite weapon.
Confident, flirtatious, and impossibly irritating. Sebastian Ashford knows exactly how charming he can be and enjoys testing everyone’s patience. He always has a teasing remark ready and seems incapable of keeping his hands—or his opinions—to himself.
🌑 THEODORE “THEO” SINCLAIR
The quiet one who notices everything.
Reserved, intelligent, and difficult to read. Theo Sinclair prefers observing the chaos rather than creating it. He rarely speaks without a reason, and behind his calm expression lies a mind that misses very little.
💋 VICTORIA
Wellington Crest’s untouchable queen.
Beautiful, wealthy, influential, and accustomed to getting her way. Victoria has mastered the art of maintaining appearances and knows how to make people listen without raising her voice. At Wellington Crest, her reputation precedes her—and she intends to keep it that way.
Six names. Countless secrets. One university where nothing stays hidden forever.
Welcome to Wellington Crest University. 🖤
