Season Of CLAIM: A Dark Secret Society College Romance

I thought Lucian Harrow was the most dangerous thing at Saint Thorne University.

I was wrong.

After everything he did to me, I should have stayed away. Instead, one public claim drags me deeper into Nightbound’s world, where protection is just another word for control and every favor comes with a hidden cost. Now I’m trapped in his orbit—at donor dinners, in private rooms, under the eyes of people who know exactly what his obsession is worth.

And they plan to use it.

The more Lucian tries to keep me close, the uglier the truth becomes. My name was never as accidental to Saint Thorne as I believed. My family has history here—buried in old files, private debts, and sealed arrangements that should have died long before I ever set foot on campus. Lucian knew enough to be afraid of it.

He wanted me anyway.

Now Nightbound is watching us both. His rivals are circling. The society sees me as leverage, inheritance, and unfinished business all at once. And the more I learn their language—power, access, punishment, possession—the less willing I am to remain the girl they thought they could manage.

Lucian says he’s trying to protect me.

I know better now.

He’s been making impossible decisions in my name, trading pieces of his future to keep me inside his reach while the rest of Nightbound closes in. And the most terrifying part isn’t how badly he wants me.

It’s that the society may have had a claim on me long before he ever did.

Season of Claim is a steamy dark college romance with a secret society, possessive antihero, enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, obsessive chemistry, family secrets, political power games, and adult themes. A content note is included in the front matter.