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Ashes & Obsession
Zyra’s POV
The rest of the day dragged.
She didn’t take notes, didn’t listen to the lecture — not really. Layla whispered gossip about some senior who got caught cheating, but Zyra’s mind was elsewhere.
She kept thinking about the way the new professor’s eyes had locked on hers earlier.
Cold. Sharp.
Like he was reading her.
She shook the thought away.
Still, the memory of the last race clung to her.
The sound of the crowd, the smell of smoke… and the way he had been standing there at the finish line.
Rogue.
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They hadn’t spoken much after she’d won — just a quick, almost mocking exchange.
“Enjoy the wins while you can, Queen,” he’d said in that low, even voice. “One day, I’ll take one from you… and I won’t give it back.”
She had laughed then, pretending his words didn’t stay with her the whole way home.
But they had.
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Later that night, her phone buzzed.
Unknown Number:
Queen still awake?
Her lips curved.
Only one person called her that.
Zyra:
Rogue still licking his wounds?
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There was a pause before his reply.
Rogue:
One day you’ll stop laughing at me, and it won’t be because you lost.
She smirked at the ceiling.
Why do you keep coming back, Rogue? she typed. It can’t just be about the race.
Rogue:
Maybe I like watching you win.
Her fingers froze.
It didn’t sound sweet. It sounded like a warning.
Zyra:
Dangerous hobby you’ve got.
Rogue:
I could say the same about you.
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She stared at the words. This wasn’t flirting.
It was heavier. Like he was telling her they were the same, even if they stood on opposite sides.
Rogue:
Be careful, Queen. Some people will want to take more than your title.
Her pulse kicked up.
She wanted to ask what he meant, but she didn’t. She tossed her phone aside and closed her eyes.
She wasn’t afraid of Rogue.
But she wasn’t sure if he was protecting her… or marking her.
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Caelan’s POV
From his office the next morning, Caelan scanned the student list.
Zyra Veylor.
Now he had her name.
He should have stopped there.
He didn’t.
The image of her in his lecture hall — bold, restless, untamed — clung to him.
And behind that, the memory of the silver blur he had followed one night burned in his mind.
He didn’t know she was texting another man.
He didn’t know about the name Rogue.
But when he found out…
he wouldn’t share her.
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