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At the University for Magic, mastery is about control, and destiny is written in ink. For the elite, the "Bloom" of a soulmate mark is a celebrated rite of passage; a vibrant sigil that anchors two souls into a perfect, balanced resonance.
But Nova has always been the outlier.
Raised in the "blank" slums where magic is a guttering candle, Nova's power is a wildfire she can't contain. Labeled "Super Nova" by her peers, she is a walking disaster zone, kept in check only by a restrictive Shadow-Tether to the formidable Professor Min Yoongi. To Yoongi, she is a volatile equation; to the University, she is a hazard waiting to happen.
Everything changes in the North Tower Greenhouse.
Under the tutelage of Kim Namjoon-the Verdant Scholar who speaks the language of ancient roots-Nova discovers that her fire doesn't have to destroy. It can nourish. When their magic harmonizes, the impossible happens: a Vibrant Green Vine blooms across Nova's skin. For the first time, the "blank" girl has a destiny.
But the heat is too much. Terrified by the weight of a soulmate's expectations, Nova flees into the neon-lit Under-City, seeking the "Vanishing Point" offered by the Ethereal Wayfinder, Kim Taehyung. One night of rebellion, fueled by lavender-scented displacement magic and desperation, shatters her newly formed fate.
Now, Nova's mark is a battlefield.
The green vine has fractured, split down the middle by a jagged, Amethyst Void. She is a girl caught between two worlds: the steady, grounding love of the Forest and the reckless, beautiful escape of the Void. As the University Council closes in to "stabilize" her illegal mark, Nova and Namjoon must attempt a feat never before heard of in Mark Lore.
They must bind the fracture. They must find out what happens to the world... When the Roots Catch Fire.