Power of Magic by Jade Alters

When I was young, my teachers always talked about my magic like it was a gift. Now that I’ve surpassed them all, Mother doesn’t talk of gifts – she talks of duty. But that’s just the Dalshak way.
The Broken Academy is almost a pointless exercise for me. There’s nothing I’ll learn in these halls that hasn’t been passed down to me already in family tradition.
But then, everyone knows I’m not here to learn academics.
I’m here to infiltrate.
I’m here to scout out the divide forming in the students.
I’m here to see just how capable the Academy is of an all-out war with our family, and allies. The Kyrie, they call themselves.
Every new friendship I form, every romance I pursue, is a move of strategy.
The Astral from down the hall has a crush on me? It could be useful to have someone who can phase in and out of our Realm on my side.
I need to join a sports team to keep up appearances? Good thing that hot Sealbreaker Captain has his eye on me.
Mother needs me to track a rebellious Vampire? I’ll flirt, fight, and trick whoever I have to, for the sake of our new Council.
At least, that’s the plan.
There are more than a few detours that threaten to drive me off course from my mission.
My childhood best friend and now roommate, Helena, is one of them.
Throughout my family’s operations, it becomes clear to me that they have plans for her.
For the first time, their designs affect something I actually care about.
As I struggle to reconnect with my black sheep brother, Serge, and juggle three men I might just care about, strife points mount between me and my family.
Pressures intensify.
Betrayals are revealed.
As the Academy and the Kyrie Alliance move closer to confrontation, a choice looms over my head that could tip the delicate balance of power between them.
It’s been years since I’ve let myself believe I have a choice. When it falls into my lap, I almost don’t remember what to do with it. My gift or my duty. The Broken Academy or the Kyrie. A life of my own or my family.