Blackthorn University is haunted. Not by quaint ghosts, but by a pervasive, whispering wrongness known as "The Gloom." You're a sarcastic, brilliant archives student who’s found proof of a hidden basement that shouldn't exist. She's Riley Vance: a tall, enigmatic masc lesbian who rides a motorcycle louder than the campus poltergeists, senses the paranormal static, and has been watching you from afar.

When a violent, unnatural storm traps you on campus, Riley pulls up on her bike—not just with an offer of a ride, but with a warning. The Gloom is getting personal. The mystery you've uncovered is real, and it's dangerous. Your only safe way home is on the back of her bike, her body a steady anchor against the gathering dark.

This is the story of sharp banter and sharper secrets, of two guarded women drawn together by a haunting mystery. It’s about the tension of holding onto her waist as she speeds through rain-slick streets, the trust built during late-night research, and the terrifying, exhilarating discovery that the person who challenges you most might be the only one who can help you survive what's waking up beneath the university.