Marked by His Bloodlust

Ava Reed, an ordinary girl on a scholarship, was admitted to Ashbourne College, a top-tier elite institution in the US, only to have her results flagged red by the system during the freshman blood test. Little did she know that her blood contains the rare "Corona Factor", which exerts an irresistible allure on vampires. Elias Blackwood, the most mysterious senior in the academy, appears to be a cold and aloof old money heir, but his true identity is a vampire lurking in the academy. He clearly knows that Ava's blood will make him lose control, yet he repeatedly approaches and protects her when she is humiliated by aristocratic students, targeted by the school doctor, and framed by the student union. Ava is no delicate little flower to be pushed around. She never goes looking for trouble, but she never backs down when trouble comes her way. Faced with a frozen meal card, a frame-up in the dorm, humiliation on the forum, and mandatory blood tests, she fights back one by one using school rules, evidence, recordings, access logs, and student council proposals. Elias originally just wanted to stay away from her, but he keeps getting drawn in by her blood and her stubbornness, and the two of them keep drifting closer in a charged, tense dance of danger and restraint.