Wrath of the Phoenix Born: a Dark Academia Fantasy With Enemies to Lovers Romance Crimson Academy Book

He was supposed to be my destiny. The fated mate bond said so.But destiny never asked what I wanted.I’m Ember Solaire—rare phoenix shifter, final year at Crimson Academy, and the girl who just rejected the most powerful alpha wolf in the academy. The bond snapped like fate itself, pulling me toward Rowan Thornwick with a force I couldn’t fight. He claimed me before the entire school. Called me his. Expected me to submit because some cosmic force decided we belonged together.I ran instead.Right into the arms of his rival. An ice mage with frost-blue eyes and a reputation for being as cold as his magic. Sage Winterthorn should be my opposite—fire and ice, chaos and control, everything that shouldn’t work.But when his cool touch soothes the burning ache of my rejected bond, when his magic wraps around mine creating something that shouldn’t exist, I realize destiny got it wrong.The bond with Rowan feels like chains. The connection with Sage feels like freedom.Now I have an impossible choice: Accept the fated mate I don’t want to save my place in phoenix society, or fight for the ice mage I’m falling for and risk losing everything—my heritage, my magic, my life.The Phoenix Council says I can’t choose love over destiny. The alpha I rejected says I’m making a mistake. And the ice mage I’m falling for might be the only one who sees me as more than a prize to be claimed.But I’m done burning alone. And I’m about to prove that some magic can’t be fated—it has to be chosen.Perfect for fans of rejected fated mates, enemies to lovers romance, touch starvation, and heroines who rewrite destiny. A complete standalone with HEA in the Crimson Academy series.