The Curse Between Us

Intro

At Caelmont Academy, every student is given a chance to discover who they truly are.

The Awakening is the most important moment of their magical education. In their second year students stand before the ancient Origin Stone, where their affinity is revealed: the magic that will shape their future and the Origin Stone has never been wrong.

That was until Selene Ashbourne.

An orphan with no memories of her family and no record of her magical lineage, Selene has spent her entire life believing she is ordinary. The only thing left behind when she was abandoned as a baby was the name she carries—a name that may not belong to her at all.

She enters her second year at Caelmont expecting answers. Instead, the Origin Stone falls silent. For the first time in history, the ancient artifact returns a single impossible answer: Unknown.

Cassian Thorne has always known exactly who he is.

Born heir to one of the most powerful and feared magical families, Cassian awakens with curse magic— one of the oldest forms of magic in existence. The Thorne family magic has been passed down through generations, one that slowly consumes every heir who inherits their power.

Cassian knows his fate.

Until Selene changes it.

With enemies closing in, powerful families searching for answers, and a curse that threatens to take Cassian from her piece by piece, Selene must uncover the truth of who she is before the world decides what she was meant to become.

Because some magic is awakened.

And some magic remembers.