DRAINED is a dark, thrilling fantasy debut filled with powers, sizzling romance, enemies-to-lovers, and unforgettable characters that will leave you breathless and wanting more. This is the beginning of a trilogy and ends on a massive...

Only the strong survive Aetheria War Academy.

After The Resistance 40 years ago, Aetheria has been resurrected. It is a place where gifted students with Psionic abilities can develop their powers in secret, given they will face certain death if the three Kingdoms learn of their existence.

Everyone has a secret.

His name is Ruel Valore, and he has been enlisted into Aetheria after almost dying. I know. Crazy. As luck would have it, there is something lurking within the shadowed corridors, causing students and professors to disappear. without a trace.

Fight or die trying. It will be the only way to survive.

Alliances will form, then shatter. Relationships rise, only to crumble. Join Ruel, Alora, and Luca as they uncover the deadly truths hidden within Aetheria War Academy. Also, fondly enough, where something lurks, determined to stop them and destroy the world they sought to protect.

But is this shadowed figure really unknown to them?

Are secrets more valuable than lives?

Is betrayal a new currency?

Set in a world of dark academia, telekinesis, and off-the-charts MLM romance, book one of this stunning fantasy trilogy will leave readers burning for more.

• Enemies-to-lovers

• Slow Burn Romance

• MLM Romance

• Found Family

• Close Proximity

• Morally Grey Love Interest

• Fantasy Setting

• Dark / Grim Academia

• Epic Battles

• Magical Creatures

He was watching her. The kind of watching he knew would prickle her skin and make her glance over her shoulder, half-expecting to catch a glimpse of something, or someone, just out of sight. 

He watched from behind the thick trees, behind the shroud of leaves that swayed gently with the chilled breeze. He knew she didn’t know how close he was. How could she? But the way a stiffness settled over her shoulders, the way her eyes looked into Blackwood Forest’s darkness, the way her steps quickened told him she could feel it.  

Feel him watching and waiting.  

Ruel Valore’s boots crunched over the crisp autumn leaves coating the ground, every step taking him deeper into the heart of Blackwood Forest.  

Skeletal branches reached out like claws as he stalked her every step, though none caught him as he passed.  

She moved as though the earth beneath her feet might give way at any moment. And her hair… her hair was beautiful, catching the sun’s touch and flowing like a river of faded lilac. 

What would it feel like to touch it, to tangle his fingers in those loose strands. Would it feel like silk? Would it carry her scent, that cinnamon floral fragrance he caught whenever passing too close— 

The quick snap of a twig broke the silence behind him………