A love written in Apocalypse

Ella never expected college to feel like survival-until it literally was.

At twenty, Ella prefers silence over small talk, shadows over spotlights. Her days are quiet, predictable, and lived on the fringes of campus life. She doesn't make friends, doesn't draw attention, and especially doesn't interact with intimidating professors.

Except one of them has always noticed her.

Silas Draven is not an average professor. At thirty-Seven, the ex-military math genius is as feared as he is admired. Cold, strict, untouchable-he rules the classroom with the same sharp discipline that once defined his years on the battlefield. Everyone keeps their distance. Everyone, except Ella... and not by choice.

From the beginning, Silas's behavior toward her is different. He doesn't raise his voice. He doesn't critique her mistakes. He watches her with an intensity that borders on obsession. And when he speaks to her, it's as if the rest of the world fades away.

Ella doesn't understand his kindness. His protectiveness. The way his eyes soften for her-and only her.

But all her quiet questions unravel in one bloody instant.

What begins as a normal day turns into chaos. Grotesque, unrecognizable, and hungry. They attack without reason, tearing through the room like animals. Screams fill the air. Panic swells.

He fights for her. Ella realizes the truth: this man would burn the world to keep her safe. Kill for her. Bleed for her. Die for her.

Silas is her only lifeline. But his presence comes with a danger all its own. Because what haunts the campus may be monstrous-but what's awakened inside Silas is something even darker.

Possessive. Protective. Obsessively devoted.

And in the ruins of everything she once knew, Ella must face a terrifying truth: monsters aren't always the ones with claws.

Sometimes they come with kind eyes, bloodied hands...

And a promise to never let you go.