Undone By You

urviving here required more than just good grades and hard work. It meant navigating a

spers and sideways glances of the other students. Sienna, her best friend from home, kept in touch through texts, but Elena barely

ape the pull of Aiden Sinclair. It was as if he wa

ed than usual, Elena decided to take a break. She stepped outside to the co

ly manicured lawns of Harrington Academy. A gentle breeze rustled through the trees, but t

hoping for a distraction. But just as she opened a message from Sienna, she felt the

en's voice broke through the quiet, smooth and low

vering. He was watching her like she was something to be studied, to be owned. And for the briefest second, Elena wondered if he

voice steady. "I'm just taking a

ling into a smirk. "I don't need brea

omething darker, more calculating. Elena couldn't quite put her finger on it,

standing up and brushing off her skirt. "But if you're too

d with surprising speed, stepping in

ice now more commanding, less playful. His eyes did

eamed at her to step back. But she wasn't abou

indulge your... whatever this is." She mad

g into his expression. "You think you can just ignore

r voice quiet but firm. "I'm just not int

t her, a flicker of something unreadable in his gaze. Then, just as quickly as

nd. But even as she told herself that, something gnawed at her. There was more to Aiden Sinclair than just arrogance

n's face. His dark eyes, intense and piercing, lingered in her mind. And th

eone like him. She was here to escape, to build

n, it felt like he was slow