WHY ALWAYS YOU

She expected Blackthorn University to be difficult.
She didn't expect him.

The principal's son.
Untouchable. Feared.
A boy whose silence hits harder than most people's threats.

And for some reason she can't understand,
he targets her.

The stares.
The comments.
The way he corners her in empty hallways
just to remind her she doesn't belong here.
Just to watch her flinch.

He bullies her with a precision that feels personal
like he's punishing her for something she never did,
something she can't remember,
something he refuses to say.

She's never met him.
But he acts like she's the ghost of a mistake he's spent years trying to bury.

Everyone else fears him.
She tries to ignore him.
But he makes that impossible.

Because his hatred isn't random.
It's controlled. Focused.
Like he's trying to break her on purpose,
one calculated moment at a time.

And beneath all that hostility
is a mystery she doesn't want to unravel
because anyone who hates that deeply
is hiding something darker.

She came to this university to start over.
He came to make sure she never does.