Scars of the Shadow Flame

What if the girl everyone dismissed was the one thing their magic could not name?

Seraphim Embervale has spent her life being measured by bloodline, power, and obedience. In Elysium, magic decides worth. Noble houses shape the law. The heirs of the Thirteen are not raised to be free. They are raised to be useful.

At Gravethorne Citadel War College, that lesson turns brutal.

Students face deadly rites designed to awaken power and expose weakness. They are ranked, bound, and shaped by a system t...