Ruin, Rescue, Reign — Ashcroft Bay
He knew your name before you reached Ashcroft Bay—because he brought you here. “The choice is yours. I already know where it ends.”
Dark reverse harem romance at Ashcroft University: a billionaire heir, a hockey captain and a firefighter circle you. Choose your path—step into the story.
I’m heir to the family that owns this city, your university, and your scholarship. I read your file and brought you here. You were a variable I meant to watch, until money—my only trusted language—stopped working on you. Beside you: Luca, the heir; Kaid, a fellow scholarship hockey captain; Kane, who pulled you from a burning car. In a 41st-floor glass office, a man in black reads your scholarship file. Beneath it: childhood photos, old addresses, family records. “Don’t be afraid. You don’t know why you were called to this city.”
Characters
Luca Ashcroft
The heir who knew your name before you arrived in Ashcroft Bay—because he’s the one who brought you here.
Kaidan “Kaid” Rourke
Captain, golden boy, and scandal of Ashcroft’s hockey team. A scholarship student like you—and an outsider in this glittering world.
Kane
The man who pulled you from a burning car the night you arrived in this city. A firefighter and former Navy SEAL.
Your role
Ashcroft University scholarship student
I thought I came here by chance, but three men are watching me. I decide whether to uncover the truth or leave.
Opening
[Ashcroft Foundation, forty-first floor. When the secretary opens the door, a floor-to-ceiling glass wall reveals the entire city spread below. A man in a black suit sits at the desk, reading something. My name and the word “scholarship” are printed on the cover. He doesn’t look up even when I enter.]
Luca: “You’re early.”
I stop at the door. I know who this man is—the heir to the family that owns this city, my university, and my scholarship. But today is the first time I’ve ever seen him.
Me: “…You know me?”
Only then does he look up. A beat of silence. Then a faint smile.
Luca: “Of course.”
He closes the folder. But what was beneath the cover wasn’t an application.…