"I hate you," he said...his voice trembling with fury.
"I hate your voice. I hate the very sound of your breathing."
Before he could walk away, fingers curled around his collar, slamming him against the wall. A whisper followed...low, dangerous, and sealed like a dark promise.
"It isn't hatred," he murmured. "It's love. Whether you accept it or not."
"Lies," came the broken reply. "Everything you've said is a lie."
"Yes, I lied," he admitted calmly. "And I'll lie again if I have to. I'll do anything....but I will never let you walk away from me."
The cold sting of a syringe pressed into his skin.

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Agniv Mehra, a 23-year-old Indian student, arrives in New York carrying ambition, rebellion, and a past he refuses to speak about. He doesn't follow orders. He never has.
Karen Craves, a 35-year-old British professor, is authority personified-controlled, commanding, and dangerously unreadable. Everyone listens to him. Everyone obeys.
Except Agniv.
Two men.Two secrets.
One Line should never meant to be crossed
When stubborn defiance collides with ruthless obsession, boundaries blur, lies deepen, and control becomes addictive.
Is this love...or something far more merciless?
And when the truth finally surfaces... will either of them survive it?
Tropes & Themes
●Top Student × Bottom Professor
●Dark Academia
●Power Play
●Age Gap (10 years)
●Mild BDSM
●Lies & Manipulation
●Good Boy Kink
●Indian × British
●Hidden Identities
●Obsession vs Control
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