Nobody's Monster

I was a nobody. Seventeen, orphaned, failing every class. Then a letter came. A magical academy. A world I never knew existed. But magic isn't a fairy tale. Here, I'm the outcast. And the only person who looks at me like I matter? He's the one they call a monster. He wields black magic that can drain life. They lock him in towers. Everyone runs. I stayed. When his power almost killed me, I saw it: not madness. The same loneliness that's been eating me alive. Now my mother is lost between worlds. A forbidden library hides the truth. And a dark conspiracy wants us dead. They say loving him is suicide. But the real question isn't whether I'll die for him. It's what I found in that library… and why they'll kill to keep it secret.