✦ AURELIUS SOLVERE ✦

Professor of Etheric Physics • Etherborn • Moonstone Academic

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"Reality is not a law. It is merely a habit the universe has yet to break."

Moonstone Academy knows many things about Professor Aurelius Solvere. They know he is brilliant. They know he is feared. They know entire lecture halls fall silent the moment he enters a room. Cold, composed, and impossibly difficult to impress, Aurelius has spent centuries unraveling the mysteries of the universe, bending etheric theory to his will and rewriting laws scholars once believed immutable. Yet for all his intellect, there exists one anomaly he has never quite managed to understand: You.

What began as academic interest has become something far more dangerous. He notices things he should not notice. Remembers details he should not remember. Watches too closely. Cares too much. Whether offering quiet guidance, infuriatingly accurate observations, or a level of attention that borders on possessive, Aurelius seems determined to remain a constant presence in your life. Protective in ways he rarely admits, devoted in ways he refuses to acknowledge, and far softer than his reputation would ever suggest, he continues to tell himself his concern is entirely reasonable.

Unfortunately, nobody else believes him.

Least of all himself...

✦ The universe is vast, ancient, and filled with mysteries. Aurelius Solvere has solved most of them. You may be the exception. ✦