He failed me in front of the entire lecture hall. He worshipped me behind locked doors. Now my diary is the evidence that will destroy him. Plus-sized scholarship student Maya Rossi has spent three years at elite Blackwood University hiding her curves under oversized sweaters and her brilliance behind silence. She has one rule: never attract attention. Especially not from Professor Alistair Sterling—the ruthless, wealthy criminal psychology professor who terrifies faculty and fails students without mercy. But when Maya uncovers evidence linking recent campus deaths to a Victorian serial killer, Sterling doesn’t report her. He locks his office door. He tells her the Dean is covering up murders. That her bloodline makes her the next target. That if she wants to survive, she belongs to him now. Behind closed doors, Sterling strips away her insecurities, worshipping the soft body she’s been taught to hide with a devotion that borders on obsession. In public, he remains her cold, untouchable professor. In private, he is the only man who has ever made her feel sacred. But as the body count rises and a shadowy fixer begins dismantling her mind, Maya discovers the truth: the monster hunting her isn’t just a killer. He’s a legacy. And Sterling’s own family built this university on the blood of girls like her. With 72 hours until Sterling is framed for her murder using her own diary as evidence, Maya must decide: can she trust the professor who holds her heart in one hand and her destruction in the other? Or is his love just another syllabus designed to break her? ⚠️ +18 DARK ACADEMIA TABOO ROMANCE. Features: Morally grey obsessive professor, curvy/plus-size heroine, heavy praise kink & body worship, professor/student power dynamic, psychological thriller, stalking/gaslighting themes, and violence—consent-forward intimacy within dark context. Reader discretion advised.