“Two predators now circle me in this den of enemies. One I came to hunt and one I never saw coming.” “FOURTH WING MEETS HOGWARTS with an addicting twist... If Voldemort had a 23-year-old daughter you’d get Esme Salem. Dark sexy and unique!” – Best In Dark Fantasy Romance Reads ★★★★★ Dark mages don’t deal in warnings — only executions. So when assassin-in-training Esme Salem is tasked with infiltrating a magical defense academy and eliminating Kieran Mazrov — a deadly mage with powers that could erase her kind from existence — it should be treacherous but simple. A poisonous jab to his throat. A garrote bracelet slit across his neck. No hesitation. What she doesn’t expect is Professor Dayn. Calculating. Controlled. Lethal in every line of his body — which emits literal heat when he enters a room. He’s supposed to be an academic but nothing about him screams scholarly. And the more she tries to pursue her mission the