She didn't mean to bind a demon-she meant to survive the night.
Now
Riven Vale
bears silver eyes and black-veined magic, tethered to
Maelgor
, a ruthless prince from the dark between worlds. The bond makes them lethal together-and a scandal inside
Blood Pact Academy
, where missteps end in expulsion... or worse. Assigned to
Shadow House
, Riven must endure three deadly Trials that end in the Binding, a ritual that decides who controls whom forever.
The academy whispers about an old disaster called the Convergence and a sealed record tied to a missing student-
Lyra Vale
, Riven's mother. Answers hide in locked archives and masked courts; enemies smile like friends; teachers play a deeper game. And through it all, the demon in her shadow is maddeningly honest-about power, about desire, about the cost of freedom.
Break the bond and they both might die. Keep it and she could burn the academy to the ground.
When the last Trial demands a sacrifice, Riven must choose: obey the rules that built this world... or shatter them with the one creature she was taught to fear.