Sovereign [A Dark Romance]

They think I'm untouchable, cool, collected. The girl who always knows what she's doing. The silent girl in the group.

It's easier to make them believe it- that I don't feel much. That I don't care. Because if they saw how easily I'd break.. they'd know where to aim. You don't just give trust away, people take it, bit by bit until you have nothing left. I learned that when I was way too young. And when someone gets too close? I find a reason to leave first.

Yet.

I caught the obsessive attention of a monster. My fake smiles, the too shiny glitter in my eyes- he saw through it all. From a distance. He looked at me like he already knew every reason, every piece of my existence. Like he could make or break me forever. And he smirked like the latter seemed tempting.

Aarav Malhotra. A tyrant. A warning sign in bright red. His laugh-a fake sound yet convincing enough to fool the whole world-comes first, then the noise follows. And untouchable. Like the world bends a little to make space for him.

It's not just because his father owns enough land-and pulls strings of companies-that'd make up a small country. It's not just the fact that he could make students and professors alike-fall at his feet. It's not just that he's the heir of one of most powerful families-posh in the daylight and mafia by night. It's not just that they're my father's enemies.
And mine.
It's everything combined. I loathe him and his acquaintances because the bastard isn't capable of making friends.

They say,
Be on his good side and you'll be on top of the world.
Be on his bad side and you'll know what hell tastes like.

The easier way out is to maintain a low profile and not interest a monster like him.
But as they say, the easier way is the coward's way.

I had no plans to get involved with with a literal psychopath who plans on how to use people-and destroy them if needed-while still appearing like a charming god, just because he's bored. Ever.

Until he threatened the ones I loved.