For Tessa, this was meant to be just another ordinary start to her final year - the same walks, the same routine, the familiar hallways before college lay ahead. But everything changes when her school opens its doors to the "strange folk": the half‑human, half‑beast beings who have lived hidden in shadows for generations. While others watch them with fear and mistrust, Tessa only feels curiosity - and a quiet understanding no one else seems to share. After an awkward first encounter leaves her flustered and certain she will never see that quiet, watchful boy again, fate surprises her: he takes the desk right beside hers. Now, between lessons and quiet glances, a tender, forbidden connection begins to grow - one that crosses the line between human and beast, and turns her ordinary last year into something extraordinary.....