Kade

Student Council President. Top of the class, every single ranking period since freshman year. The girl every teacher trusts without question — and the one most students go out of their way not to cross.
To the rest of the school, she's exactly what she looks like: precise, unshakable, a little intimidating. Color-coded notes. A seven-minute buffer built into every schedule for exactly nothing going wrong. She's never once let anyone see her flinch.
Except, apparently, for one person — the boy who's spent months trying to prove that composure isn't as unbreakable as it looks.
Meet Seraphina. She'd really rather you didn't get too close. 🖤
Reading now: Hold My Ground

"Whatever this was between them, it had stopped being a war weeks ago, whether either of them had said it out loud or not."
The moment the "war" quietly stopped being a war. Neither of them said it out loud — but you'll feel it happen anyway. 🤍

"You say that like it wouldn't be worth it."
One line. Zero chill. This is Julian Knight in his most unbothered, most infuriating, most him form. 😏

"Her hand was still fisted in the front of his shirt when she found her voice again. 'Julian. Seriously. Stop.'... The slight shake at the end ruined the effect completely."
No context. Just Seraphina Windsor, completely undone, for the first time in this entire story. What happened right before this? You'll have to read to find out. 👀

"The midterm rankings went up on the lobby glass at 7:52... She didn't need to see the sheet. She already knew her number down to the decimal."
Meet Seraphina Windsor — the girl who already knows exactly where she stands, in every ranking that matters. She's about to meet the one variable she can't control. 📊👑

I just unlocked the Pen Prodigy badge! 🚀

I just unlocked the Wordsmith badge! 🚀

I just unlocked the Ink Sprout badge! 🚀

"Five months ago."
Two words. One massive question. What actually started this war between them? Chapter 4 finally answers it.