Some victories demand surrender.

Haunted by betrayal, Cassandra Vane longs to escape her past—but when darkness breaches the Academy’s walls, she’s drawn into a web of secrets, dragons, and forbidden desire. To save a kingdom on the brink, Cass must risk her heart, her power, and the fragile line between love and ruin.

In a kingdom where magic belongs to the elite, eighteen-year-old thief Cassandra Vane never sought power—only survival. But when fate drags her into the Academy, where dragons soar and secrets smolder, she faces a deadly choice: embrace the forbidden magic within or lose everything she’s come to love.