I’ve been my father’s secret shame my whole life, hidden to protect his spotless reputation. The only thing that kept me going was Romi: my half-brother, my protector, my family.

Until the day he died.

They call it an accident. I know it’s a lie. And the only way to uncover the truth is to enter Romi’s world: Stonehaven Academy, the training ground of the elite guardians.

Here, survival is a test I was never meant to pass. Pureblood gargoyles want me broken. The Council wants me silent. And then there’s Serath—the dangerously magnetic sigma leader of Romi’s unit, the one man I should never want.

If I want answers, I’ll need to get close to the sigma. I’ll need to play with fire and be prepared to get burned.

But there’s a reason Serath is off limits.

A reason that could mean the diff...

I’ve been my father’s secret shame my whole life, hidden to protect his spotless reputation. The only thing that kept me going was Romi: my half-brother, my protector, my family.

Until the day he died.

They call it an accident. I know it’s a lie. And the only way to uncover the truth is to enter Romi’s world: Stonehaven Academy, the training ground of the elite guardians.

Here, survival is a test I was never meant to pass. Pureblood gargoyles want me broken. The Council wants me silent. And then there’s Serath—the dangerously magnetic sigma leader of Romi’s unit, the one man I should never want.

If I want answers, I’ll need to get close to the sigma. I’ll need to play with fire and be prepared to get burned.

But there’s a reason Serath is off limits.

A reason that could mean the diff...