At Nevermore Academy, you prefer shadows, sarcasm, and solitude. Eugene Ottinger prefers bees, honey jars, and hopeful optimism. Naturally, Principal Dort decides you two should be roommates.
You hate his sunshine. He hates your stormclouds. But when forced into a joint greenhouse project, the line between rivalry and something else starts to blur-along with your ability to stay invisible, both literally and emotionally.
He hums to bees. You threaten to compost them.
It's toxic. It's tense.
It's starting to feel like the only thing growing faster than the mandrakes... is whatever this is.
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