Mandatory year-long duties instead of expulsion from a magical academy? Any adept would choose the first option. And it’s not scary if you have to study under your own fearsome dean—especially if you’re hopelessly in love with him. Maybe you’ll even learn something? Touch other people’s secrets? Bring real adventures into your life?
Mian Tyle would be fine with that arrangement—if not for one huge “but.” The very reason she’s ended up serving a year of duties. The moment she found out that the dean can perfectly sense her emotions, the option of being expelled stopped looking so terrible.
Run away? Or accept the punishment? Whatever awaits the young adept next, it won’t change the racial traits of the incubuses. Her feelings for him are an open book. You can’t hide them or put them away. And something about that definitely needs to be done…