The biggest mistake is thinking that no greater trouble can happen. When she said no to a marriage proposal from one of the kingdom’s strongest necromancers, Wanda Sinhelm believed she was safe. After all, just rumors about the dreadful ruler of the undead made her heart go cold. She kept her precious freedom and thought she would be happy. But then the gift that suddenly awakened forced her father to send his only daughter to the royal academy. And Wanda almost accepted this fate—if not for the sign on the rector’s door that said she’s finished...