Surviving Blackthorne University

At Blackthorne University, people whisper about Professor Lucien Vale like a warning. Cold hands. Silver eyes. The kind of man students obsess over for reasons they don't fully understand. Elias Hart arrives at Blackthorne carrying a lifetime of bad luck behind him. Lights burst around him. Glass breaks. Strange things happen when his emotions spiral badly enough. He’s learned to keep his head down, apologize quickly, and never get too close to anyone. Then he steps into Professor Vale’s office. And everything goes quiet. For the first time in years, the pressure beneath Elias’s skin disappears completely. Blackthorne’s halls are filled with occult secrets, violent rumors, and things lurking beneath old stone foundations. But the more Elias is drawn toward Vale, the more obvious it becomes that the professor already knows something about him. Something Elias himself doesn’t understand. And once Vale’s attention settles on him, it never really leaves.