Is it easy to be the last of your line? To hide your gift and fear persecution? Marilisa sar Boreyanskaya has long understood that life is complicated, and if you want to survive, you can’t trust anyone. But what if, at the Academy of Magical Cognition where she teaches fine arts, a secret admirer suddenly appears? What should you do when female students start dying? And what do you do when the master of battle magic unexpectedly pays attention to you? Can you trust someone who promises protection and peace? Will he keep his promise, or will Marilisa have to run—hiding from those who want to use the gift of the last mage-creator for their own purposes?