Darksacademia Stories

Ren Avery has spent her life trying to disappear. In London, a scandal she never understood-or caused-ruined her reputation, her family, and her future. So when a mysterious scholarship offers her a place at Blackwater Hall, a secluded university in the misty hills of Wales, she has no choice but to start over... even if the place seems almost too perfect to be real. Blackwater Hall is anything but ordinary. Hallways that seem to watch you, archives that shouldn't exist, students speaking in cryptic codes, professors who observe more than they teach. And at the center of it all is Elias Thorne. A brilliant, magnetic, and strangely dangerous student. On campus, he is respected. Off campus, he belongs to an ancient secret clan, a circle that follows its own laws, forges its own alliances, and guards knowledge no one else should possess. Ren draws Elias's attention from the moment she arrives. Not because she's special... but because she carries a secret the clan has been searching for-one she doesn't even know herself. When a student is found dead in a forbidden wing of the campus, Ren and Elias are drawn together, whether they like it or not. She discovers that Elias's two worlds-the university and the clan-are on a collision course. And at the heart of the coming storm... is her. Blackwater Hall did not welcome her by accident. Elias did not notice her by chance. Now, Ren must decide: trust a boy who could save her... or one who could deliver her to those waiting for her for years