The System Won't Let Me Love Them

St. Helen's scholarship student Noah Reed stands on a rooftop ledge, ready to end everything. As he closes his eyes, time freezes. A cold light panel appears. "Your life has hit rock bottom. Accept the binding?" Noah asks one thing: "Can you cure my mom?" The system grants him superhuman abilities. But every shortcut has a price. When he resists, it strikes at those around him. He soon discovers he is not the first subject—99 came before. And the truth is darker: the system doesn't want to use him. It wants to love him. In the only way a broken thing knows how.