The Institute Leads Me To You~

This story is about a love. Acquisition. Fear. And lost.

Adore Lee is loud, proud, and not afraid to take up space. He's the main character with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a complicated past-especially when it comes to him.

Lorenzo Blackwell was his childhood best friend, the one who knew every piece of him. Maybe even the one he was falling for. But then Lorenzo vanished without warning, leaving Adore with a hollow space and too many unanswered questions.

Now he's back-and the feelings Adore tried to bury are rising fast.

Love, betrayal, and something unspoken simmer between them.
And Adore? He's not sure if he wants closure...
...or a second chance.

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Behind the barbed gates of a hidden compound, nestled deep in the forests no map dares to mark, lies The Institute-a place whispered about in coded files and buried government briefings. To the outside world, it doesn't exist. To the children who wake up there, it's a nightmare wrapped in white walls and promises.

They call them gifted. Children who see things, move things, become things no human should. The Institute claims to help them "reach their potential." What it really does is break them open-mind, body, and soul-all in the name of national service. Experiments. Enhancements. Obedience.

But something is happening inside the halls of the Institute. Something wrong. Memories don't line up. Doors lead to places that shouldn't exist. And the deeper the children dig into the truth of why they're really there, the more they realize:

They were never brought here to be saved.
They were brought here to be used.
And someone is watching them-always.

Perfect for fans of Stranger Things, The X-Men, and Dark, The Institute is a chilling tale of stolen futures, manufactured power, and the cost of surviving in a place built to erase you.