Blackmoure Academy - a prestigious boarding school perched on the edge of tradition and excellence, where only the best of the best are allowed inside its iron gates. Here, legacy matters, reputations are everything, and every student is expected to uphold the school's flawless image - no matter the cost.
Aviana Winslow has spent her life navigating the elite halls of Blackmoure as the quiet, shy cheerleader - a perfect picture of grace and composure. But beneath her delicate exterior lies a strength few ever see. Her world shifts when she's paired with Lucas Cardin, Blackmoure's ruthless football star, whose icy glare and dark secrets make him both feared and admired.
Forced together by a school project and endless competition in PE, their rivalry ignites beneath the watchful eyes of teachers, parents, and students who live by the academy's strict rules and unspoken codes. In a place where appearances rule, every move they make is under scrutiny, and every misstep could mean social exile-or worse.
When a school shooting tears through the serene façade of Blackmoure, Aviana and Lucas are thrust into a fight for survival that challenges everything they thought they knew about loyalty, courage, and each other. Amid the pressures of academic excellence, elite sports, and high-stakes social games, a slowburn romance begins to crack the cold walls around them.
At Blackmoure Academy, prestige comes with a price-and some secrets are better left buried.
Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead.
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