The Devil's Scholarship

THE DEVIL'S SCHOLARSHIP

Blackthorne University doesn't accept students.

It collects them.

Every year, ten scholarships are offered to the most brilliant young minds in the kingdom.

Every year, at least one student dies.

Elara Vale has spent her entire life being told that magic doesn't exist.

So when she receives a scholarship to Blackthorne University-the most prestigious and secretive academy in the kingdom-she assumes her biggest problem will be surviving among the children of powerful families.

She is wrong.

Because Blackthorne doesn't teach ordinary magic.

It teaches the kind that was buried for a reason.

And someone has already written Elara's name into a book that hasn't been opened in eighteen years.

Then there's Cassian Vey.

The university's golden boy.

First in every class. Untouchable. Beautiful enough to be dangerous and cruel enough to prove it.

He hates Elara from the moment he sees her.

At least, that's what he wants her to believe.

When a forbidden ritual goes wrong and binds their magic together, Elara discovers the truth:

Cassian isn't trying to destroy her.

He's trying to keep her alive.

Because beneath Blackthorne University is a secret older than the kingdom itself.

And whatever is sleeping beneath the school...

knows Elara's name.

Some scholarships come with a future.

Hers came with a death sentence.