Nocticadia

After her mother dies from a mysterious illness, the protagonist vows to find a cure and escape the city where she was abandoned. Four years later, she receives an acceptance to Dracadia University, one of the country's oldest and most prestigious institutions, located on a secluded island off the Maine coast. The island is rumored to be haunted by the souls of mental patients exiled there centuries ago, whose bones are said to form the island's white sandy shores. Among its peculiarities is Devryck Bramwell, a brilliant pathologist who runs the midnight lab and serves as a professor. Known on campus as Doctor Death, he is the protagonist's devastatingly handsome instructor who appears to resent eager first-year students—yet his dark gaze and stolen kisses suggest otherwise, igniting a forbidden attraction. As their relationship intensifies, both seek something from the other: she craves his authority; he seeks redemption. Together they become a target for those determined to uncover the secrets of their pasts. The dead have lessons to teach, and Dracadia's most depraved secret may soon be revealed.