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Beatrix Halverine has spent her life being told exactly who she is meant to be.
As the daughter of one of Corelum’s wealthiest families, her future has always belonged to someone else: her parents, their allies, and eventually the Crown. The Imperial Institute of Arcane Command is supposed to be one more step toward becoming the kind of woman her family can use.
Instead, Beatrix sees it as her only chance to become powerful enough to escape them.
But the Institute is far more dangerous than she imagined, especially when her rare nature magic begins to draw unwanted attention. Magic like Beatrix’s was nearly erased centuries ago, and if the wrong people discover what she can do, she will become more than a target. She will become a threat.
Professor Grayton Corvayne, the cold and brilliant master of Imperial Sigilcraft, recognizes that danger immediately. Feared by his students and trusted by the Crown, Grayton should report Beatrix and be done with her.
Instead, he starts watching her.
As secret societies stir beneath the Institute and forbidden power begins to surface, Beatrix is pulled into a deadly world of hidden rituals, dangerous ambition, and a professor she absolutely should not trust. But the closer she gets to Grayton, the more she realizes he may be hiding secrets just as dark as her own.
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