59 parts Ongoing When freshman Avery Monroe steps into her first literature lecture, she doesn't expect to be captivated-not by the books, but by Professor Elias Ward. Brilliant, calm, and unexpectedly kind, he awakens something in her she doesn't fully understand. It's just a crush... nothing more. Until the day the campus goes into lockdown.
An armed intruder roams the halls, and Avery finds herself barricaded in a classroom with Professor Ward and a handful of other students. Fear blurs the lines of safety, vulnerability, and connection. In the hours that follow, she discovers the courage within herself-and glimpses the man behind the professor's mask of control.
A bond is forged in the fire of danger, one that neither can forget. But some lines cannot be crossed-not yet. What begins as survival could someday, after graduation, become something far more.