Kaelen Rodrigues must kill Xyrena Draven to complete his Ascension quest. He doesn't want to. But fate has never cared about what he wants. Xyrena receives a mission no less merciless. She must kill King Cassander or vanish from the world as if she had never existed. At Emberrealm Academy, failure is a silent death. No memory. No search. No trace. Truth begins to fracture. Beneath the surface lies a world built on greed, blood, and betrayal. Fate pulls them toward opposite ends. Love holds them in the same place. And the world demands that one of them must fall. For in the darkness, love is not about happiness but about who is willing to break first. And when that moment comes will Xyrena choose to live or surrender everything for the ones she loves? ➵ ────୨ৎ──── Highest rank #1 divine

To be Marked is to be claimed. To be claimed is to no longer belong to yourself. ➵ ────୨ৎ──── In a world where human lives mean nothing, every choice leads to death, sooner or later. When Xyrena Draven turns eighteen, she has only three options: Enter the academy, receive a Mark from the gods and survive long enough to reach the fourth year to train as a dragon rider, join the military, or spend her life as a slave with no future. Like most people, she chooses the most dangerous path. The Mark she receives is not a gift, but a forbidden curse. Its power slowly destroys her body and makes her a target for those in power. While being hunted, Xyrena is tied to Kaelen Rodrigues, the Crown Prince who should be her enemy and the only person who can either save her or destroy her. As a revolution begins to rise, the world demands one final decision. Who deserves to live and who must be sacrificed for real change to happen? ➵ ────୨ৎ──── highest rank #1 kaelen #1 epicfantasy #1 marked #1 academy #1 blood #1 fiction #1 fantasy