Mercer & Mesney, a school where the rich and powerful from all over the country send their kids to. It is a premier school with an exclusive admittance rate. Connections to corporations and institutes all across the globe, one is guaranteed a high standing from a single letter alone should one play their cards right.

And that is what Zacharias intends to do.

Zacharias Bainhollow is not one with such circumstances as his fellow students.

He isn't rich. He only got in because of a special scholarship. but mostly because his granduncle are old friends with the headmaster of the school. Homeschooled for much of his life, one would have thought him to be softspoken and demure. But nope, he has an appetite for the finer things much like his fellow students and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty now and again.

Heiresses, trust fund bullies and elitist pricks are but a few that he contends with in the Dog-eat-dog halls of Mercer & Mesny.

The odds are stacked against him.

That is until he inherited an ugly big book willed to him by his uncle right before he died.

A grimoire.

Magic.

And with it, Zacharias opens up a world that might just let him live the life he only dreamed about.
But not all is what it seems. Others are in search for the book. Dark forces and entities beyond his comprehension would stop at nothing to get the book.
Would he rise up to the challenge? Or fall into despair and fates worse than death itself?

(just a newbie wanting to share my stories. donations are very welcome, might as well earn just a little bit from my hobby (ko-fi.com/newbishwriter669) Constructive feedback is also really appreciated. I'll try to update a chapter a day to get the ball rolling.)

[thanks for taking the chance to read my work]