At the Academy of the Winged Flame, everyone knows two unbreakable rules:
1. Don’t get on the wrong side of Rector Damian Ravenhart;
2. Don’t pick fights with Magister Lilian Roseveil.
The trouble is that it’s precisely they who break these rules—again and again, as if on purpose. From the outside, it looks like they can’t stand each other and take special pleasure from every clash. But what if their “feud” is just a convenient mask—behind which lies something far more dangerous… a pull?
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“Know, Rector,” Lilian whispered, trying to catch her breath. “If we’re talking about academic ethics, this is enough for an immediate dismissal.”
“Things are different for you, Magister Roseveil,” Damian said with a smile, kissing her cheek. “You have a contract. You can’t be fired. So you’ll have to stay and get used to my methods of work.”