Claimed By The Bully
(2025)(The second book in the Dark Cravings series)
A novel by Nadia Aidan and Eve Noon
Alessia
Ten years ago, I tried to shield eighteen-year old Dax Caldwell from a system that was built to break boys like him. I wanted to help him—but I failed. I expelled him, walked away, and told myself it was the only choice I had.
Now he’s back at Carrington Academy—taller, rougher, unapologetically dominant—and he’s made it clear he hasn’t forgotten what I did.
He wants revenge.
He wants submission.
He wants me—on my knees, in cuffs, completely at his mercy.
I’m the headmistress. The woman in charge. But the moment he puts his hands on me, all that power unravels. He makes me feel again—things I’ve locked away so deep I forgot they even existed. Pleasure that hurts. Pain that heals. Control that I ache to surrender.
I hate that I want him.
I hate that he knows it.
But what terrifies me most... is how much I need it.
Dax
She thought I forgot.
She thought I moved on.
She has no idea I built my entire life around this moment.
Alessia Ward—the woman who destroyed me—is now the woman I own in the dark. She fights me by day and begs for me by night. Every time she screams my name, I remind her who’s in control. Her body is mine. Her submission is mine. And soon? Her heart will be too.
But Carrington thrives on secrets
And when our secrets start bleeding out, someone’s going to burn.
Let them come for her.
I’ll destroy them all.
Because she may have expelled me once…
But this time, I’m never leaving.
A steamy dark academia romance featuring a possessive anti-hero, workplace enemies-to-lovers tension, and enough heat to melt your e-reader. HEA guaranteed.
Ten years ago, I tried to shield eighteen-year old Dax Caldwell from a system that was built to break boys like him. I wanted to help him—but I failed. I expelled him, walked away, and told myself it was the only choice I had.
Now he’s back at Carrington Academy—taller, rougher, unapologetically dominant—and he’s made it clear he hasn’t forgotten what I did.
He wants revenge.
He wants submission.
He wants me—on my knees, in cuffs, completely at his mercy.
I’m the headmistress. The woman in charge. But the moment he puts his hands on me, all that power unravels. He makes me feel again—things I’ve locked away so deep I forgot they even existed. Pleasure that hurts. Pain that heals. Control that I ache to surrender.
I hate that I want him.
I hate that he knows it.
But what terrifies me most... is how much I need it.
Dax
She thought I forgot.
She thought I moved on.
She has no idea I built my entire life around this moment.
Alessia Ward—the woman who destroyed me—is now the woman I own in the dark. She fights me by day and begs for me by night. Every time she screams my name, I remind her who’s in control. Her body is mine. Her submission is mine. And soon? Her heart will be too.
But Carrington thrives on secrets
And when our secrets start bleeding out, someone’s going to burn.
Let them come for her.
I’ll destroy them all.
Because she may have expelled me once…
But this time, I’m never leaving.
A steamy dark academia romance featuring a possessive anti-hero, workplace enemies-to-lovers tension, and enough heat to melt your e-reader. HEA guaranteed.
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