The Catalyst (Academy of Shadows #1)

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵
Book One in the Academy of Shadows series


✦ Dark Academia ✦ Forbidden Romance ✦ Reverse Harem Slow-Build ✦ Possessive Morally Gray Men ✦ Student x Instructor ✦ Magic-Power Exchange ✦ Why Choose ✦ Touch-Based Magic ✦ Forced Proximity ✦ Cliffhanger Ending

Everyone says I’m dangerous. That’s only because I am.

The Academy of Shadows was supposed to be my salvation—a place to learn how to tame the magic I never asked for and barely survived. Instead, I’m handed five instructors who are more dangerous than the curse inside me.

And the worst part? I think I want every single one of them.

There’s Kael, the cruel Artificer who teaches pain like it's an art.
Renik, the sadistic Binder who ties me up and makes me beg for release.
Lio, the cocky Siren who toys with my body and my mind.
Dax, the brutal Warden who teaches with his fists and protects with his fury.
And Corin, the Dreamwalker who’s been in my head long before I ever arrived... and in my bed when I didn’t know it was him.

They’re not allowed to want me.
I’m not allowed to want them.
But magic doesn’t care about rules.

It feeds on pleasure. On pain. On everything we’re not supposed to feel.

Now the Board is circling, the Inquisitors are watching, and I’m wearing a containment collar like some kind of curse-wrapped toy. The only thing worse than losing control?

Is giving it away.

This is book one of a dark, supernatural romance series filled with forbidden magic, twisted desire, power plays, biting humor, and multiple morally gray love interests. There’s no choosing—only falling. And once it starts, there’s no way out.

Ends on a cliffhanger. Book Two will pick up right where the fire left off