I thought devils were a myth. Until I bled on my mother's old book and summoned five. My name is Raven Cross. I am cursed. Everyone I love dies. So I live alone in the old house at the edge of Blackwood Academy. On my 21st birthday, I cut my hand. I read the words. And they came. Five devils. Gorgeous. Terrifying. Not men — monsters who used to be kings in Hell. Bound to my blood for eternity. Azrael says I am his sacrifice. Caelum says I am his obsession. Malrik wants to chain me in gold. Silas wants to ruin me with a kiss. Zade — he just looks at me and says, "Run, little Raven. We love the chase." They were supposed to protect me. Instead they stalk my halls, sit in my classes, sleep outside my door and tell every boy on campus that I am taken. Taken by five devils. I wanted to break the curse. Now I wonder if I want to break them instead.

I don't want to be here. The women want me for my power, the men want me for my title. Then the most intoxicating scent hits me. My wolf wakes up and whispers, 'Mate.' I follow it into the gardens and find her sitting alone on a bench. "Hello?" she calls out, her voice like music. She is searching in the dark. She turns her face to me and the air leaves my lungs. Two scars across her eyes. My fated mate is blind. She thinks she is broken. She has no idea she belongs to me now.

They called me ash. Worthless. Powerless. A mistake born to die at Blackwood Academy. But on the night they tried to burn me, I didn't die. I awakened. Now I am The Ash Queen — cursed, reborn, and bound to the five devils who rule this academy. Reign — the cold one who wants to break me. Khaos — the cruel one who wants to claim me. Sin — the sinful one who wants to own my soul. Nox — the shadow who wants my heart. Blaze — the beast who wants my everything. They hate me. They want me. They will destroy anyone who touches me. They say a queen must kneel. I say... let the devils kneel for me.