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Ashes of the Veiled Crown

Ashes of the Veiled Crown

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Fiction
Romance
Enemies to Lovers
College and University
Slow Burn
They say Blackthorn Academy only accepts the extraordinary. Astrid Rose never wanted to be extraordinary. After surviving a childhood shaped by an abusive mother, she arrives at the world's most prestigious magical academy with one goal: keep her head down, earn her degree, and never let anyone close enough to hurt her again. But that's easier said than done when her temper is as dangerous as her magic-and the academy insists on pairing her with the one person she can't stand. Damien Veil is everything Astrid despises. Arrogant. Mysterious. Infuriatingly calm. Behind his cold golden eyes lies a secret powerful enough to ignite a war, and every day he spends at Blackthorn Academy is a race against the truth catching up to him. When monsters begin appearing where they shouldn't, students start disappearing without a trace, and whispers of an ancient power buried beneath the academy spread through the halls, Astrid and Damien are forced into an uneasy alliance. They don't trust each other. They don't like each other. And if they're not careful... They just might be the only thing standing between their world and its destruction. But some secrets were never meant to stay hidden. And some enemies are destined to become something far more dangerous. Because the greatest threat isn't the darkness waiting beyond the academy walls... It's the one waking up inside them.
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