How easy is it to survive in an Empire like mine? Almost impossible. Elari have been destroying people forever: the surge of our gift is deadly dangerous to mages, but it can grant absolute power to anyone. They made me an unexpected offer—one you can’t refuse. The stakes are not only my life, but my brother’s too. Now, together with the heir prince, I’m enrolling in the Academy of Magic, and for the success of his Highness, I’m responsible with my own head. The Academy keeps its secrets—secrets that can destroy me or give me hope for happiness. But what do you do with awakened feelings? Because sometimes it’s so hard to make a choice…