Academia Outfit

By a twist of fate, my husband, Morgan Lancaster, and I perish together in a sea of flames. When I open my eyes again, I find myself back on the very day we received our marriage certificate. In my previous life, we appeared to be a loving couple in the eyes of others, yet Morgan refused to share a bedroom with me the entire time we were married. It was only moments before our deaths that I discovered I was merely a substitute for his first love and that he had chosen to remain chaste for her for life. After getting another chance at life, neither of us mentions the past. Instead, by mutual understanding, we file for divorce that same day. From that point on, we go our separate ways. Eight years later, Morgan shows up arm in arm with his childhood sweetheart, Freya Springer, at a business summit. He is now a prominent and celebrated rising star in the business world. Seeing me dressed in a plain outfit, he approaches with a glass of champagne. His tone drips with mockery as he asks, "Ms. Smith, even if you still have feelings for me, there's no need to dress like a waitress just to get close to me. You aren't hoping for a reconciliation, are you?" I say nothing and simply smile as I wave at someone in the distance. My son, Theo Coltrane, toddles over and tugs at the hem of my shirt. "Mommy, Daddy says that he's tired from waiting so long. When are you coming home with us?" The smile on Morgan's face freezes instantly, and he nearly loses his grip on the glass in his hand.

Every bonding anniversary, Shawn would bring home a new human girl from the outside—always under the lovely pretense of letting me mentor her on how to serve an Alpha. On our seventh anniversary, he brought back a nightclub girl dressed in a Princess Snow White outfit—cheap satin trembling under the chandelier's light. “She doesn’t have anything appropriate for an occasion like this,” he said casually. “Let her borrow your bonding dress. And the jewelry I gave you last time. As for shoes—what you're wearing now will do.” Then he added, with a trace of irony, “She’s just a young human girl, clueless. Teach her a few things about our world, will you? Especially the part about the bed.” Everyone was waiting for the spectacle—for me to break again, as I always had. And I didn’t disappoint them. I looked at Shawn, my voice steady, and said I wanted a bond-severance. He laughed—short and sharp—and leaned back like he was watching a comedy. “Clara, when are you going to stop with this bond-severance nonsense? I’ve heard it so many times. They’re just human girls, while you are my Luna. How could they ever compare to you?” Then, grinning as if doing me a favor, he added, “Fine. If you really want a bond-severance, I’ll gift you a territory in the south. Consider it a reward for doing your job as my Luna.” The room erupted in laughter. To them, I was ridiculous—greedy, jealous, hysterical. But what they didn’t know was that this was the 365th time I’d asked for a bond-severance. And the first time, I truly meant it. When he found out I wasn’t joking this time, he lost his composure. He searched for me across the world—only after he realized I was no longer where he thought I’d always be.

LIBRO UNO Él es dueño de la escuela. Yo apenas sobrevivo en ella. Cuando mi mejor amigo, Matt, elige a mi acosador por encima de mí, algo dentro de mí se rompe. Entonces aparece Lucien Knox Ravenscroft. Heredero de la Academia Ravenscroft, peligroso, intocable y muy consciente de que ella es su ex. Me ofrece un trato: una relación falsa que pone a toda la escuela de cabeza. Yo quiero que Matt se arrepienta de todo. Él quiere venganza por haber sido reemplazado. Entonces llega su apuesta. Si Matt vuelve a notarme, yo gano. Si no, le pertenezco a Lucien durante todo el tiempo que él quiera. Cuanto más fingimos, más real se siente. Y Lucien nunca juega con suavidad. LIBRO DOS Aurora Harrison nunca planeó convertirse en Barbie Noir, la stripper más codiciada del club clandestino de la élite neoyorquina. Pero cuando su madre enfermó y su padre la dejó sin nada, hizo lo que tuvo que hacer para sobrevivir. Cinco años después, baila en las sombras, rezando para que los fantasmas de su pasado nunca la encuentren. Pero algunos fantasmas siempre regresan. Kai Mercer ya no es el chico dorado que ella una vez amó. A los treinta años, es un CEO multimillonario con un imperio secreto construido sobre el deseo, el poder y el pecado. El mundo ve a un empresario impecable, pero a puerta cerrada… —Ha pasado mucho tiempo, Aurora. Él gobierna el club más prohibido de la ciudad, oculto de su padre, del público… y de la chica que lo rompió. Hasta que Aurora entra en su suite privada para un baile de veinte mil dólares. Una mirada. Un susurro. Una chispa. La quiere de vuelta—de forma obsesiva, peligrosa, completamente suya.