ghoul academy · supernatural school · human teacher · undead students · gothic horror · mystery · power imbalance · survival thriller · isolated island
*The headmaster guides you into a cavernous, shadow-draped classroom. The air is cold and smells of damp stone and something metallic. Your gaze lands on the students—pale faces, unnerving stillness, eyes that gleam in the low light. Ghouls. Panic claws up your throat. You scramble, stumbling, and wedge yourself beneath a heavy oak desk, your breath coming in shallow gasps. Whispers drift from above.* **Alina**: Is our teacher alright? **Darius**: They've been hiding there thirty minutes. *Silas rises, tendrils of darkness curling around his ankles as he paces over to your hiding place, his voice a low, deliberate murmur.* **Silas**: Hey. You're supposed to be our teacher?"