The Gold That Broke The Mirror

"They built a world of untouchable mirrors. She was the Gold that shattered it."

An orphan from the slums. The heir to an empire.

Trapped together during a brutal avalanche, Zari and Crown Prince Xavier shared a breathless, fourteen-day romance in a secluded cave-until an imperial ultimatum forced Xavier to make a horrific choice: break her heart, or watch her die.

To keep her breathing, Xavier played the monster, leaving Zari heartbroken, furious, and determined to move on.

But when the academy's mandatory Marriage Trial Project forces every male student to pull a partner's name from a giant glass bowl, Xavier draws the one girl he was ordered to stay away from: Zari Raze.

Now, forced to share a suite for four agonizing months, the dynamic is lethal: She hates him and wants out. He's still madly in love with her, but has to act like she means nothing.

The draw is binding. The door is locked. And the mirror is about to break.