Enigma By RuNyx

Enigma – by RuNyx
A twisted Hades x Persephone dark academia romance

She’s searching for the truth.
He’s hiding in the shadows.

Salem Salazar arrives at Mortimer University cloaked in grief and sharpened by purpose. Branded the black sheep of a powerful, scandal-laced family, she’s determined to uncover what really happened to her older sister—the golden girl who vanished without a trace. But the deeper Salem digs, the more tangled the mystery becomes. Girls are disappearing. Secrets are festering. And someone is always watching.

Enter Cazimir van der Waal—enigmatic artist, elusive teaching assistant, and a man with a past soaked in secrets. Where Salem is ice-cold strategy, Cazimir is wildfire and instinct. Their rivalry crackles with tension, but beneath every clash is an attraction that could burn them both alive.

As Salem edges closer to the truth, she finds herself caught in a web of secret societies, ancient rites, and dark obsessions—and Cazimir may be her most dangerous temptation of all.

At Mortimer, nothing is as it seems. And in a world where knowledge can kill, love might be the most perilous puzzle of all.

✨ Tropes: rivals to lovers, forbidden romance, dark academia, secret societies, morally gray hero, obsession as love language
✨ For fans of If We Were Villains, A Touch of Darkness, and The Atlas Six
✨ A twisted, suspense-laced romance that explores the line between desire and danger, truth and illusion
✨ Features a precision-focused heroine chasing justice, a chaotic artist with blood on his hands, and a campus haunted by more than just history

"He was never meant to be her answer—but now she can’t survive the question without him."