When Shadows Bloom

At Moonbound Academy, power is everything.
Students wield fire, control storms, summon light, and command shadows.
Then there's Zara Adebayo... whose only ability seems to be talking to animals.
Which would honestly be less embarrassing if the animals weren't so rude.
But when Zara arrives at the academy, strange things begin happening around her: creatures whisper secrets she doesn't understand, shadows move when they shouldn't, and the most feared student in school - Kai Ren - looks at her like he's seen her before.
Cold, dangerous, and cursed by forbidden shadow magic, Kai is the kind of person everyone avoids.
Unfortunately for Zara, fate seems obsessed with throwing them together.
Then there's Eli Orion: the charming transfer student with a smile bright enough to hide even the darkest secrets.
Caught between a boy consumed by darkness and a boy slowly fading behind his own light, Zara is pulled into a web of forgotten memories, hidden truths, dangerous magic, and feelings she can no longer ignore.
Because Moonbound Academy is hiding something.
Something ancient.
Something alive.
And somehow...
it's connected to her.
In a school where monsters wear human faces and love can be just as dangerous as magic, Zara must uncover the truth before the shadows consume everything she cares about.
Including herself.