Seventeen-year-old Aiden Rivera’s life changes forever on a dark, quiet night when he's attacked while returning from a bookstore. Just when all hope seems lost, a mysterious stranger emerges from the shadows—swift, powerful, and deadly. He saves Aiden and disappears just as quickly into the night. That stranger's name? Aiden doesn’t know. But from that moment, Aiden can’t stop thinking about him.

Determined to find his silent guardian, Aiden scours the internet, describing every detail he remembers. To his shock, a face match reveals the stranger's name: Ryker Kane, heir to a powerful corporate empire… and a student at an elite, almost mythical academy. It’s not quite a high school, not quite a university—more like something in between. Something hidden.

One of Ryker’s photos contains a strange symbol that leads Aiden to an encrypted link. It makes a bizarre demand: a drop of blood to apply. Aiden laughs at the absurdity of it—until curiosity wins. What could one drop of blood hurt?

He sends it, expecting nothing.

A week later, an ornate envelope arrives. He’s in.

Eager to reunite with Ryker, Aiden travels to the secluded academy… only to step into a world straight out of a fantasy novel. Students with glowing eyes. Talking animals. Ethereal beings with pointed ears. Some even arrive through portals.

Suddenly, Aiden isn’t just the new kid. He’s the only human in a school that isn’t meant for people like him. And all he can think is:

What the hell did I just get myself into?

Mr. Nikolai sighed dramatically and looked at Aiden with a sly smile. "Now you're just trying to make me sound like the villain here. I'm not trying to crush that bleeding heart of yours that only wants to learn. I'm giving you this punishment because I know you can handle it. You'll all survive missing three days of academic classes—especially you, Aiden." He pointed directly at him with a wide smile on his face, his tone sharp but almost teasing. "You're so brilliant that I have no doubt you'll come out just fine. After all, you're the genius who used physics to calculate the trajectory of a wolf and then combined that with human anatomy to defeat a wolf boy who was clearly stronger than you. If you can do that, I'm sure you can survive three days without sitting in a classroom. You're such a genius."


Chapter 65 - Chapter 65: This is my mate