Heir of House Ignis

Ava Pyreson is the last daughter of House Ignis, heir to a fire that threatens to consume her from the inside.

At Lyr'n'dell Academy she still rejects the crown's claim that her brother died of an overdose, and she never asked to be bound to anyone.

Then her father chains her soul and blood to Asher Maddox, Umbra's most lethal shadow-wielder, through an ancient oath neither of them chose.

She can feel his rage and hunger; he can feel every secret she tries to hide, even as an unwanted betrothal and the Aegos Trials close around them.

To keep her magic, her heart, and her life, she must survive the academy's tests while the truth grows darker, and the bond meant to protect her may be the thing that ruins her.