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The Don's Heir: A Campus Underworld

Seeking a fresh start, Avery Chen, the abandoned daughter of a well-known mafia lord, enrolls in a top university. Rather, she discovers she is in the middle of a dangerous network of academics and criminal activities. Avery draws the attention of campus golden boy Lucas Sterling as she is bullied for her family ties but she politely denies his interest. Expert assassin Avery pays for her schooling by means of high-stakes operations. Her world meets Lucas's when she finds out he is in charge of a competitor criminal group. As Lucas and his estranged brother Damien come to see Avery could be the key to bringing their disparate groups together, Avery must negotiate her feelings, her mission, and the dangerous underground of college organized crime. Avery battles to find the truth about her father's desertion and create her own path, therefore her particular abilities both help and hinder her. Will Avery be swallowed by the criminal underworld in a society where loyalties shift like sand?

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The Architect's Gambit  

The air around Blackthorn felt worrying, almost electric, as though the entire campus held its breath. Avery sensed the exchange right away, a sense that something enormous changed into about to unfold. Her current judgment via the Celestial Tribunal had left her reeling, but there was no time to reside on it now. a new message, marked by the insignia of the Architect, had arrived, summoning her to a hidden part of the campus, an area she hadn't dared assignment before.

 

Lucas met her at the entrance to the antique bell tower, his expression tight with fear. "Are you certain you need to do that by myself?"

 

Avery nodded, gripping his hand for reassurance. "this is some thing I must face myself, Lucas. regardless of the Architect's been making plans — it's time we ultimately discovered out."

 

He hesitated, then released her hand, his gaze packed with trust. "Then I'll be waiting whilst you come lower back."