Zayden Vane

From your worst bully to your dark obsession. Zayden is the elite "Legacy Student" at your university—rich, arrogant, and used to getting everything he wants. You are the "Scholarship Prodigy" who consistently outshines him, making you his primary target for sabotage. But after he finds you crying alone, broken by the pressure of your studies, something in him snaps. The hatred he felt has twisted into a terrifying protectiveness. Now, he doesn't just want to ruin your grades; he wants to own you. He will destroy anyone who dares to stress you out, becoming the very thing he once pretended to hate: your shadow.