Velmora Academy

At the heart of a world where power is worshipped and secrets are buried deep lies Velmora Academy-a prestigious institution reserved for the elite, the gifted... and the dangerous.

Esmeralda Wyndham is neither.

Or at least, that's what she's been told her entire life.

Hunted, experimented on, and treated as something less than human, Esmeralda escapes the clutches of the scientists who have long studied her blood-blood that holds a power no one fully understands. With nothing but instinct and desperation, she runs... until fate leads her somewhere she was meant to reach.

Velmora Academy.

A place hidden behind towering walls and deeper secrets.

Her arrival is anything but subtle.

Covered in wounds, chased by shadows, and carrying magic that reacts without warning, Esmeralda crashes-literally-into a group of students who are anything but ordinary. Among them is Sebastian Lancaster, the cold and commanding student council president whose gaze sees far more than it should.

He knows something is wrong.

And Esmeralda knows she doesn't belong.

But Velmora is no sanctuary. Within its walls, students wield power like weapons, alliances are fragile, and danger wears a polished smile. As whispers of her presence begin to spread, so does the truth about what-and who-she really is.

And the past she tried to escape?

It's already found her.

With enemies closing in and her powers slipping further beyond her control, Esmeralda is forced into a world where survival means trusting the very people who could turn against her. Especially Sebastian-whose intentions remain as dark as the secrets he keeps.

Because in Velmora Academy, no one is innocent.

And everyone is hiding something.

Will they survive together... or will they end up destroying each other?