Blackthorn Academy isn’t a school. It’s a battlefield where monsters rule. Vampires control the halls. Angels manipulate reputations with perfect smiles. Demons blend in, feeding on chaos. And Astral Ravens appear only when death is near. Humans are prey. Everyone knows it. Eloise Joly transfers in as another weak human. Quiet. Invisible. Safe. But she’s lying. Inside her burns the sealed soul of a Shadow Phoenix — a being tied to death, rebirth, and black flame that can erase reality. If anyone finds out, every species will hunt her. Kill her. Or use her to break the world. Jules Kai is Blackthorn’s most feared vampire. Student council enforcer. Cold. Ruthless. Raised to believe humans are insects and Phoenixes are extinct myths. He’s never questioned it. Until Eloise arrives. Her shadow moves before she does. His instincts scream he’s seen her die before. Students start turning up burned from the inside out. Shadows move without owners. And Jules can’t stop watching the one girl he’s supposed to hate. Vampires can’t mate with Phoenixes. It’s forbidden. It’s impossible. Jules doesn’t care. Because when the truth about Eloise comes out, she won’t be a girl hiding anymore. She’ll be the weapon every kingdom wants. And Jules will have to choose: the world he was born to protect, or the girl who might end it.

My brother has 72 hours to live. I have zero dollars. Dorian Kingsley has 72 hours to find a wife or lose his empire. 33, billionaire, ruthless. He offers me a deal. One year of marriage. No love. No touching. Just play his perfect wife. I sign to save my brother. But he said no touching and now his hand is on my waist at every gala. He said no feelings and now he is ruining anyone who looks at me wrong. We were supposed to end after a year. He is starting to look like he wants forever.