Lyra - Year One
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Last published Tue, Jul 29, 2025
She survived when an entire town burned. Now everyone wants to know why.
Eighteen-year-old Lyra Ashvale shouldn't exist. She walked out of wraith-flame that left nothing but glass and ash. She tests as magically null in a world where power means everything. Yet plants bloom at her touch, earth warms beneath her feet, and Eldara Academy's ancient stones seem to recognize her.
Assigned to the outcasts' dormitory, Lyra tries to remain invisible.
Kaelen Morane sees her-and he hates everything her bloodline represents. Cold, powerful, and haunted by his parents' deaths, he's convinced her family destroyed his. As darkness stirs and the Church hunters close in, Lyra discovers her survival was no accident.
She carries the forbidden Eighth Mark-the power the Church killed to erase. And the boy sworn to hate her might be the only one who can help her master it... if their growing attraction doesn't destroy them first.
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