A Hunger Like Ruin

He was built to be a weapon. She was built to be his grave.

For twenty-five years, Kaelen has lived with the deafening roar of his own power. As a Cataclysm-class mage, he is a walking nuclear reactor, generating a lethal, unending supply of golden Aether. He is the Citadel's most dangerous asset, and he is fully prepared to detonate just to finally find some quiet.

Enter Vesper.

Cold, regimented, and brutally efficient, Vesper is a Siphon. To the world, she is a "Null"-a rare human capable of...