Once upon a wish

One coin. One desperate wish. One psychopathic king who heard it all.
To the students at the ultra-elite St. Jude's Academy, she is Lyra-the quiet, invisible scholarship student just trying to survive the cruel whims of the rich and powerful. She keeps her head down, sticks to her inner circle, and blends into the background.

But Lyra has a secret. A year ago, she stood at a secluded pond, dropped her last gold coin into the water, and made a wish for a miracle.
She thought she was alone. She was wrong.
Watching from the shadows was Hades-the cold, calculating, and utterly unhinged king of St. Jude's. Captivated by her desperation, he secretly bought her way into his world. He doesn't want her gratitude; he wants her presence. And he refuses to play by anyone's rules.

He corners her in the hallways, terrorizes anyone who dares look her way, and forces his way into her life. But his favorite trap is the shadows of the school's historic, dimly lit campus chapel-a sacred place where he bends all her rules and calls her by a name the rest of the world doesn't know:

Persia.

She thinks she can find a way to escape him. But in Hades' underworld, once you catch the devil's eye, he never lets you go.

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