The Iron Vow Society Series by K.S. Valentina

I arrived at Obsidian Marrow Academy as a Dreg—a hollow space where magic goes to die. I didn't realize I was the one who was going to devour it all. In a world governed by blood oaths and ancient lineages, being a "Dreg" is a death sentence. At the elite Obsidian Marrow Academy, I’m the lowest of the low, a girl with a void where a soul should be. I was supposed to be a sacrifice—to be used and discarded by the elite of the Iron Vow Society. But the mountain has other plans... moreI arrived at Obsidian Marrow Academy as a Dreg—a hollow space where magic goes to die. I didn't realize I was the one who was going to devour it all. In a world governed by blood oaths and ancient lineages, being a "Dreg" is a death sentence. At the elite Obsidian Marrow Academy, I’m the lowest of the low, a girl with a void where a soul should be. I was supposed to be a sacrifice—to be used and discarded by the elite of the Iron Vow Society. But the mountain has other plans. And so do the three monsters who rule its shadows. Draven, the Alpha of the Shadow Beasts. He wants to break me, to taste the fear in my veins until there’s nothing left but him. Lysander, the Unseelie Prince. He views me as a puzzle to be solved with ice and agony, a toy for his sadistic whims. Syth, the Naga Stalker. He doesn’t speak; he just watches from the darkness, his coils waiting for the moment I finally stop running. They think they can claim me. They think I’m their prey. But as the mountain begins to scream and the Headmaster’s betrayal is revealed, my "nothingness" starts to hunger. I am not a Dreg. I am the Null. And once I start consuming their magic, I might just be the only thing that can save us—or the very thing that burns Obsidian Marrow to the ground. Orient yourself for a dark, high-heat paranormal academy romance where the villains get the girl, and the girl might just be the biggest villain of them all. Tropes: 🔥 RH (Monster Romance) 🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies to Lovers 🩸 Secret Society & Blood Oaths 🌑 "Null" to Overpowered FMC. less

I arrived at The Obsidian Marrow as a Null—a hollow space where magic goes to die. I didn't realize I was the one who was going to devour it all. In a world governed by blood oaths and ancient lineages, being a "Null" is a death sentence. At the elite Obsidian Marrow, I’m the lowest of the low, a girl with a void where a soul should be. I was supposed to be a sacrifice—a battery to be used and discarded by the elite of the Iron Vow Society. But the mountain has other plans... moreI arrived at The Obsidian Marrow as a Null—a hollow space where magic goes to die. I didn't realize I was the one who was going to devour it all. In a world governed by blood oaths and ancient lineages, being a "Null" is a death sentence. At the elite Obsidian Marrow, I’m the lowest of the low, a girl with a void where a soul should be. I was supposed to be a sacrifice—a battery to be used and discarded by the elite of the Iron Vow Society. But the mountain has other plans. And so do the three monsters who rule its shadows. Draven, the Alpha of the Shadow Beasts. He wants to break me, to taste the fear in my veins until there’s nothing left but him. Lysander, the Unseelie Prince. He views me as a puzzle to be solved with ice and agony, a toy for his sadistic whims. Syth, the Naga Stalker. He doesn’t speak; he just watches from the darkness, his coils waiting for the moment I finally stop running. They think they can claim me. They think I’m their prey. But as the mountain begins to scream and the Headmaster’s betrayal is revealed, my "nothingness" starts to hunger. I am not a Null. I am the Void. And once I start consuming their magic, I might just be the only thing that can save us—or the very thing that burns The Obsidian Marrow to the ground. Orient yourself for a dark, high-heat paranormal academy romance where the villains get the girl, and the girl might just be the biggest villain of them all. PHYSICAL EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES: The paperback edition of Study in Scarlet features premium Lux Black Pages—a stunning, immersive reading experience for your dark academia shelf. Tropes:. Reverse Harem (Monster Romance)Dark AcademiaEnemies to Lovers / Bully RomanceSecret Society & Blood Oaths"Null" to Overpowered FMCGuaranteed HEA/HFN. less

She found the bodies. The Headmaster smiled and gave her a pardon. Scarlett uncovered the worst secret in Obsidian Marrow Academy and lived. Now Headmaster Malakor, the three-thousand-year-old Lich and institutional monster, has told her to continue her studies. She knows what that means. She's not forgiven. She's being watched. The void inside her is getting hungrier, and the only thing keeping it from swallowing her whole is the three of them... moreShe found the bodies. The Headmaster smiled and gave her a pardon. Scarlett uncovered the worst secret in Obsidian Marrow Academy and lived. Now Headmaster Malakor, the three-thousand-year-old Lich and institutional monster, has told her to continue her studies. She knows what that means. She's not forgiven. She's being watched. The void inside her is getting hungrier, and the only thing keeping it from swallowing her whole is the three of them. Draven, whose shadows settle around her like a second skin. Lysander, whose ice cracks every time he touches her. And Syth, ancient, patient, woven into the mountain itself—who has been holding the walls together for a thousand years and has decided she's worth holding too. But Malakor isn't afraid of what she found. He's been waiting for what she's becoming. And the tithe he's been collecting from every student who ever swore the Iron Vow is about to come due. The void remembers what was taken. So does she. Tithe of the Sovereign is Book 2 of The Iron Vow Society, a dark fantasy romance series featuring a why-choose/reverse harem with three morally grey love interests, a heroine who bites back, and explicit content. This book ends with an HFN and a series-arc cliffhanger. less

The machine is dead. Malakor is dead. Four hundred students are breathing free air for the first time in years, and somewhere beyond the valley, five families are deciding how to take it back. Scarlett Locke knows how this works. You don't win. You buy time and spend it well. The codex points southwest. Toward the border mountains. Toward the woman who left a baby on a government desk twenty years ago and walked into the dark so they couldn't have both of them... moreThe machine is dead. Malakor is dead. Four hundred students are breathing free air for the first time in years, and somewhere beyond the valley, five families are deciding how to take it back. Scarlett Locke knows how this works. You don't win. You buy time and spend it well. The codex points southwest. Toward the border mountains. Toward the woman who left a baby on a government desk twenty years ago and walked into the dark so they couldn't have both of them. Toward answers about the web, the extraction, and what the families have been feeding with three centuries of stolen magic. She leaves the mountain with a wolf at her back, a Frostwoven heir with one working arm and nothing left to protect, and a hunting list that has never once gotten shorter. The nexus is six ley lines converging in the earth's root. The Cascade is the only mechanism powerful enough to break what the families built. And the reservoir the extraction has been filling for three hundred years is not a storage system. It's a mouth. And it's hungry. The Iron Vow Society, Book Three. less

Six weeks since the Cascade. Six weeks since Scarlett Locke sealed the extraction, freed the mountain, and learned what it cost to be the weapon the world needed. The Obsidian Marrow is healing. So is she. But beneath the amber warmth of recovered ley-channels and Syth's patient presence in the stone, something ancient has been watching. Learning. The Maw doesn't fight the recovery. It studies it — mapping the new channels, memorizing the routes, waiting for the seal to fail... moreSix weeks since the Cascade. Six weeks since Scarlett Locke sealed the extraction, freed the mountain, and learned what it cost to be the weapon the world needed. The Obsidian Marrow is healing. So is she. But beneath the amber warmth of recovered ley-channels and Syth's patient presence in the stone, something ancient has been watching. Learning. The Maw doesn't fight the recovery. It studies it — mapping the new channels, memorizing the routes, waiting for the seal to fail. And Syth says they have weeks. Not months. There is a way to hold it permanently. A way that works. There is also a price — and the price is measured not in death but in what remains of you when the void becomes a weight you carry forever. Scarlett has three anchors. Three bonds. Three people who have chosen to hold something that cannot promise to stay whole. The nothing has always held everything. The question is what happens when the nothing becomes the hold itself. What the Nothing Holds is the fourth and final book of the Iron Vow Society series. less