<p>She didn't mean to bind a demon-she meant to survive the night.<br>Now <strong>Riven Vale</strong> bears silver eyes and black-veined magic tethered to <strong>Maelgor</strong> a ruthless prince from the dark between worlds. The bond makes them lethal together-and a scandal inside <strong>Blood Pact Academy</strong> where missteps end in expulsion... or worse. Assigned to <strong>Shadow House</strong> Riven must endure three deadly Trials that end in the Binding a ritual that decides who controls whom forever.</p><p>The academy whispers about an old disaster called the Convergence and a sealed record tied to a missing student-<strong>Lyra Vale</strong> Riven's mother. Answers hide in locked archives and masked courts; enemies smile like friends; teachers play a deeper game. And through it all the demon in her shadow is maddeningly honest-about power about desire about the cost of freedom.</p><p>Break the bond and they both might die. Keep it and she could burn the academy to the ground.<br>When the last Trial demands a sacrifice Riven must choose: obey the rules that built this world... or shatter them with the one creature she was taught to fear.</p>