Help! I unknowingly enrolled myself into a supernatural Academy

Seventeen-year-oldAidenRivera’slifechangesforeveronadark,quietnightwhenhe'sattackedwhilereturningfromabookstore.Justwhenallhopeseemslost,amysteriousstrangeremergesfromtheshadows—swift,powerful,anddeadly.HesavesAidenanddisappearsjustasquicklyintothenight.Thatstranger'sname?Aidendoesn’tknow.Butfromthatmoment,Aidencan’tstopthinkingabouthim.Determinedtofindhissilentguardian,Aidenscourstheinternet,describingeverydetailheremembers.Tohisshock,afacematchrevealsthestranger'sname:RykerKane,heirtoapowerfulcorporateempire…andastudentatanelite,almostmythicalacademy.It’snotquiteahighschool,notquiteauniversity—morelikesomethinginbetween.Somethinghidden.OneofRyker’sphotoscontainsastrangesymbolthatleadsAidentoanencryptedlink.Itmakesabizarredemand:adropofbloodtoapply.Aidenlaughsattheabsurdityofit—untilcuriositywins.Whatcouldonedropofbloodhurt?Hesendsit,expectingnothing.Aweeklater,anornateenvelopearrives.He’sin.EagertoreunitewithRyker,Aidentravelstothesecludedacademy…onlytostepintoaworldstraightoutofafantasynovel.Studentswithglowingeyes.Talkinganimals.Etherealbeingswithpointedears.Someevenarrivethroughportals.Suddenly,Aidenisn’tjustthenewkid.He’stheonlyhumaninaschoolthatisn’tmeantforpeoplelikehim.Andallhecanthinkis:WhatthehelldidIjustgetmyselfinto?