The Tutor

Jade Daniels is a ghost in her own body. After the plane crash that claimed her parents, she's sent to Whispering Pines-an orphanage house hidden in the frozen fog of Casey Hills, Wisconsin. It's a place for healing, they say. But inside the mahogany-lined halls, the air smells of chemicals, and the children have eyes like glass.
Then there is Kal.
Tall, gaunt, and dangerously charismatic, Kal is the "Tutor." His job isn't to teach Jade history or math-it's to teach her how to forget. He's the architect of the fog, the one who ensures every orphan drinks the blue serum that keeps them numb and compliant.
Kal has spent fifteen years learning how to survive the monsters by becoming one of them. But when Jade arrives, her grief is too loud to ignore, and her spirit is too bright to break. Now, Kal must decide: stay a pawn in a game for eternal youth, or burn the world down to save the girl he was supposed to erase.