Tessa scacco-matto (Checkmate)

A girl with an ancient mark.
An academy that hides far more than it reveals.
A forbidden love, capable of setting worlds on fire.

Tessa lives on the edge-between normalcy and restlessness.
Until she meets a woman with eyes that see too much, and receives an invitation she can't ignore.
From that moment, nothing is the same:
visions, portals, dormant magic, and a name calling her from another world-Illushera.

But it's not just power that awakens.
It's him. Ardon.
The mystery that draws her in.
The danger that burns her alive.

And when fate starts moving its pieces, Tessa finds herself in the most lethal game of all:
the one between the light she carries inside and the darkness that claims her heart.

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Tessa - Checkmate is an urban dark romantasy where emotions explode,
bonds become weapons,
and love is the only risk worth taking.

> "If I must burn, then let it be in hell...
because I chose to love with everything I am."
- Simonetta Mitrione

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Tessa never believed in destiny.
But something-or someone-just started believing in her.

A hidden door in the walls of an ancient village.
A mark etched into her skin, burning like a promise.
A magnetic presence, too dark to be real.
And a gaze that strips away the only thing she has left: control.

From that moment, every certainty begins to crumble.
Reality shakes. Dreams come alive.
And her instinct? It screams not to look back.

Because some truths don't wait.
Some choose.
Some claim.
And they never let go.