L.E. Somerset

At the apex of a lethal rivalry between two magical academies, a field medic without an aggressive spell to her name forces a precarious survival. For a century, the Academia de Ouro and the Instituto del Cobre have bred combatants destined to destroy each other, but this year, a mandated exchange forces their students into the same halls. Catalina has never leveled an opponent in a duel, but she has never let a patient bleed out on the floor, either. When she finds herself permanently bound in an enforcement pact with the deadly star of the rival academy, her only mandate is to keep him breathing—and keep herself from becoming collateral damage. But in halls where every glance is calculated and a medic's tools can be turned against her, staying neutral becomes the deadliest game of all.

A thief who only steals to return what was lost is snowed in at a mountain sanctuary with her sworn enemy, a ruthless enforcer. They are bound together by an inheritance nobody wants, a deadly legacy that can only be unlocked if they endure the winter and each other. As the snow deepens, the line between hatred and dangerous attraction thins, but the past is hunting them both.