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"Killing you is too easy, Ethan. I think I'd rather keep you. I want to see what you taste like when you're completely ruined."
Ethan entered the forbidden walls of Aethelgard Academy with one bloody purpose: to find and destroy Julian Sterling-the cold, untouchable elite mage suspected of murdering his older brother.But revenge has a twisted cost. Caught red-handed in Julian's private archives, Ethan finds himself pinned against the cold stone, trapped under the suffocating, heavy physical dominance of the very monster he swore to kill. Julian doesn't just strip away Ethan's defenses; he strips his sanity, forcing Ethan into a breathtaking, sinful web of breathless touches, brutal bites, and toxic desire
When a horrifying secret shatters everything Ethan believed about his brother's death, he is left broken and undone. Tied to his worst enemy by a dark magical vow and an unyielding, dangerous lust, Ethan must survive a game where the lines between hatred and obsession are violently blurred.In the shadows of Aethelgard, love doesn't save you. It ruins you.
⚠️ WARNING: Dark Urban Fantasy, Heavy Enemies-to-Lovers, Intense Psychological Tension, Slow Burn but Explicit/Sensual content, Toxic Dynamics, and Major Plot Twists