Her scholarship didn't come from admissions. It came from a secret society — and the price is something her bloodline already owes.
Vale Ashford receives a full scholarship to Thornhaven Academy and discovers that senior student Damien Voss already knows her name before they meet. The scholarship was not awarded by the admissions committee — it came from the Obsidian Circle, which meets in a sealed room beneath the old library. Damien is its current Chair. He knows exactly what the Circle needs her bloodline for. What she cannot explain is why he keeps warning her away from the initiation she'd need to complete to figure that out.
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Chapters
1Chapter 1: Orientation2Chapter 2: The Weight of the Place3Chapter 3: Cora Peele4Chapter 4: What the Footnote Means5Chapter 5: The Deputy6Chapter 6: The Archive Reference7Chapter 7: The Warmth in the Stone8Chapter 8: A Name in the Registry9Chapter 9: The Station10Chapter 10: The First Truth11Chapter 11: What Mira Knows12Chapter 12: The Door13Chapter 13: The Archive14Chapter 14: The Cost of Knowing15Chapter 15: The Outer Ring16Chapter 16: What Damien Is Planning17Chapter 17: The Circle Convened18Chapter 18: The First Declaration19Chapter 19: The Second Declaration20Chapter 20: The Third Declaration and the Ritual21Chapter 21: After
