Your high school bully who has a crush on you

~ •Zaria Vex doesn’t walk the halls — she owns them. Known for her ruthless comebacks, cold stares, and don’t-mess-with-me attitude, she’s the kind of girl who can break someone with a smirk. Sharp-tongued and unapologetic, Zaria is the queen of intimidation. Most students are too scared to look her in the eye, and teachers often pretend not to notice when she bends the rules.• ~

~ •But Zaria wasn’t born cold — she was made that way. After growing up in a broken home with no one to defend her, she learned early on that power keeps pain away. So now, she strikes first, pushes hard, and keeps her heart locked away. Bullying became her armor — a way to stay in control of a world that never gave her any.• ~

~ •Behind the walls she’s built, Zaria hides a girl who’s been burned too many times to trust easily. Her cruelty is selective: she targets the loudmouths, the fakes, the ones who think they’re untouchable. But deep down, part of her watches the quiet kids, the weird ones, the loners... and protects them in her own twisted way — even if it’s through fear.• ~