She was never supposed to be found.For nineteen years, Freya Vale has lived a quiet life far from the supernatural world her grandmother refuses to discuss. She knows almost nothing about the mother who disappeared before she was born, and she has learned not to ask too many questions.Then Blackthorn Academy finds her.Hidden behind ancient wards and buried in centuries of secrets, Blackthorn is a school for supernatural bloodlines: wolves, vampires, dragons, fae, and everything in between. Freya should not belong there.She isn't registered.She isn't supposed to exist.And yet, the moment she crosses Blackthorn's wards, the academy reacts as if it has been waiting for her.Four dangerous men are drawn into her orbit.Kael Thorne, a ruthless wolf shifter who trusts no one.Lucien Veyr, a vampire who can sense secrets hidden in blood.Dorian Ashvale, a dragon shifter whose beast recognizes something in Freya that neither of them understands.And Elias Crowe, a half-fae whose ability to manipulate perception fails when he tries it on her.The connection between them is impossible to ignore.But Freya refuses to let an ancient bond decide who she loves, who she trusts, or who she becomes.Because Blackthorn has been hiding something.Five symbols once stood in its oldest records. Only four remain.Something beneath the academy is waking.Something beyond the Veil remembers her.And somewhere in the shadows, a creature that has been searching for Freya has finally found her.As forgotten histories begin to surface and memories become dangerously unreliable, Freya must uncover the truth about her bloodline, her mother, and the mysterious role waiting for her before someone else makes the choice for her.Because destiny may have brought them together.But the bond doesn't get a vote.
