Ren Vale never asked to be special. After losing her foster family in a fire, she expected nothing but loneliness. Instead, she's whisked away to Veilmoor Academy, a storm-shrouded school where ancient portraits whisper, candles burn without flame, and the headmistress knows secrets Ren doesn't.

They say her bloodline is the key to maintaining the Veil-a barrier separating the mortal world from shadow. They say a prophecy demands she stand with a fae prince to keep the realms from colliding.

Ren isn't ready to believe any of it. But when dark creatures breach the school gates and a silver-haired prince with secrets of his own insists her magic is real, she must decide: deny who she is, or embrace the destiny she never wanted.

Fans of Throne of Glass, Vampire Academy, and A Deadly Education will be spellbound by this first book in the Veilmoor Academy series.