Ren died on Earth, only to wake up in a nightmare: trapped in the corpse of Elara Vance, a bullied student at the floating Aetheria Academy. He is a soul tethered to a dead girl by the cursed Void Loop. To the world, he is shy Elara. Inside, he is a ruthless man fighting to keep his decaying vessel moving. The Ring allows him to steal magic, but at a deadly cost: Rejection tears the body apart, and The Echo threatens his sanity with stolen emotions. Surviving sadistic bullies is hard enough, but Ren’s biggest threat is Kael, the Academy’s sharp-witted Enforcer. Kael suspects Elara is an imposter, yet finds himself drawn to her cold, calculating new nature. Caught between a deadly secret and a dangerous attraction, Ren must navigate a web of lies. He isn't a hero or a lover. He is a parasite in a dead girl’s skin. And he will do absolutely anything to survive.