The eternal romance of Beauty & the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dark academia story by RuNyx in Gothikana the New York Times bestselling sensation,now in trade paperback. ΓÇ£RuNyx immerses her readers in the dark worlds she builds and then injects life into them in the most hauntingly beautiful way. Her work is unique and addictiveΓÇöshe really is one of a kind.ΓÇ¥ΓÇòHannah GraceNew York Times bestselling author of Icebreaker ΓÇ£Originalinnovativeand unlike anything IΓÇÖve read before.ΓÇ¥ΓÇòL. J. ShenUSA Today bestselling author An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong? An outcast her entire lifeCorvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmoreshe accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an oldsecluded castle on top of a mountain riddled with secretsdeceitand death. An enigma his entire lifeVad Deverell likes being a closed book but knowing exactly everything that happens in the university. A part-time professor working on his thesisVad has been around long enough to know the dangers the castle possesses. And he knows the moment his path crosses with Corvinashe’s dangerous to everything that he is. They shouldn’t have caught each other’s eye. They cannot be. But a chill-inducing century-old mystery forces them to collide. People have disappeared every five years over the past centuryCorvina is getting clues to unraveling it alland Vad needs to keep an eye on her. And so begins a tale of the mysteriousthe morbidthe macabreand a deep love that blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.