authorinvienna
A group of seemingly ordinary teenagers discovers they are anything but.
Each of them carries extraordinary abilities-powers they never asked for, and secrets they barely understand.
Elemental forces long thought buried begin to surface, tied to stolen bloodlines and ancient curses. With them comes a brutal truth: curses are not broken without cost. And sooner or later, someone always pays in blood.
Mason Cohen is not like the others.
Raised to believe in order, control, and restraint, he knows exactly what chaos looks like-and how to end it. But beneath his calm exterior lies a secret he cannot afford to reveal. Something unstable. Unforgiving. Something that has already crossed a line that can never be uncrossed.
His purpose is clear. The curse must end.
Aurora Gaultier was never supposed to matter.
At first, she's useful-helpful, trusting, and unaware of how deeply entangled she already is. Her abilities seem unusual but harmless, and Mason sees her as a means to an end. She believes in him. Believes he's honest. Believes he's safe.
Falling in love was never part of the plan.
As their bond deepens, Mason is forced to confront the cost of what he's done, what he's taken, and what breaking the curse might truly require. Every shared moment tightens the knot around his secret, turning his mission into something far more dangerous-and far more personal.
Because when the truth finally surfaces, it won't just shatter trust.
It will decide who survives.
Trust becomes a weapon.
Love becomes a gamble.
And the line between ally, enemy, and executioner begins to blur.
Mason was never supposed to care.
But protecting Aurora may cost him everything.
And fate, as always, has other plans.