ZERO

Zero Hale is no longer invisible.

After the events of “that night,” the entire world seems to know his name—and thanks to a treacherous leak to the press, they think they know his story, too. Interviews. Headlines. Rumors. Cameras in his face at every turn. Kane Academy’s #1 problem child has suddenly become something far more dangerous:

A hero.

Worse still, he isn’t facing the spotlight alone.

Alina—the girl who has sworn to always hate him—has been dragged into the scandal beside him. Now, forced into a high-stakes press tour neither of them asked for, the two must present a united front while barely surviving each other behind the scenes.

But while Zero’s public image burns brighter by the day, something inside him is beginning to crack.

His abilities are stronger. His temper is shorter. The darkness he once feared is closer to the surface than ever before — and someone in the shadows seems determined to push him past the point of no return.

Meanwhile, Briar refuses to remain watching from the sidelines. As a charismatic new senior takes an unsettling interest in her, and the academy’s power players make their moves, she begins carving out a path of her own—even if that path leads straight into danger. 

But Briar isn’t the only one stepping into the fire. And once the lies finally ignite—and there’s no way out—Zero will have to make a choice:

Become the hero everyone thinks he is.

Or become the monster he knows is inside of him.