Books_of_delusion
In a world where everyone wields magic, power is cheap. Unless, of course, you are one of the Special Five-the rare mages born once a decade with enough raw power to shatter kingdoms. Or, in our case, enough power to get us eaten alive by the villains who hunt us.
Sam Brooks, Jane Alice, and Sean Vance should be the most feared trio in the magical realm. Instead, they are hiding under fake names, purposely failing their wizarding exams, and pretending to be the most aggressively average mages on the planet. Raised by a young rogue witch after their parents sacrificed themselves, they've spent their lives staying under the radar.
But hiding isn't an option anymore. Their destiny is an incomplete circuit. To reach full capacity and survive the monsters tracking their bloodlines, they must find the remaining two members of their decade: a cold, unloved royal prodigy and a paranoid lone-wolf survivor.
Easy, right? Except the mission is total chaos.
Between dodging magical bounty hunters and tracking royal bloodlines, Jane and Sean are locked in a non-stop, passive-aggressive bickering match. They are completely, hopelessly in love with each other-and completely, hopelessly oblivious to it.
As for Sam? He's the POV of this disaster. He knows they're in love. He's also absolutely exhausted by them, keeping a secret betting pool on their tension, and letting them suffer through their own cluelessness while the world literally hangs in the balance.
Five broken pasts. One unstoppable power. And a whole lot of bad timing.