When 18-year-old Alexander starts college, they have no idea their life is about to transform forever. Quiet, reserved, and having recently gone no contact with their adoptive parents, Alexander is just trying to survive freshman year.
But everything changes when they're assigned a roommate named Mikhail, or Mika for short, and discover he's not quite human.
As a mysterious curse alters Alexander's appearance and unlocks unexpected magical abilities, they're thrust into a hidden supernatural world of elves, vampires, and ancient magic. Alongside Mika, who becomes much more than just a roommate, Alexander must navigate complicated family dynamics, magical politics, and their own emerging identity.
With an evil sorceress, hellbent on revenge against Alexander's biological mother, threatening both the magical and non-magical realms, Alexander and their found family must fight to protect two worlds.
But the greatest battle might be understanding themselves, their magic, and their place in a universe far more complex than they ever imagined.
When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart.
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Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive.
Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence.
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