When coffee barista Mira Chen accidentally burns down her workplace with spontaneous magic, government agents give her two choices: report to a secret military training facility or face the supernatural creatures her uncontrolled power attracts.
Fort Blackthorne isn't your typical boot camp.
Here, witches learn combat magic alongside enhanced soldiers, and Mira's drill sergeant is the most dangerous man she's ever met. Staff Sergeant Kai Thorne—scarred, ruthless, and haunted by the team he couldn't save—pushes her harder than any other recruit. His training methods are unconventional, his standards impossible, and his storm-gray eyes see straight through every defense she's built.
But Mira's magic doesn't follow the rules.
While other recruits master careful control, her power explodes in chaotic bursts that threaten everyone around her. Only Thorne seems to understand that her wild energy isn't a flaw to be fixed—it's a weapon to be unleashed. Their late-night training sessions crackle with more than magical electricity, and the line between instructor and student blurs with every stolen moment.
When creatures from the shadow realm attack the base, Mira discovers the terrifying truth about her abilities—and about the man training her to use them.
Thorne lost his magic and his entire squad in a mission that should have been routine. Now he's determined to forge her into the weapon that could have saved his team, even if it means sacrificing everything they're building together.
But someone at Fort Blackthorne has been watching their connection develop.
Someone who sees their bond as the perfect tool for a conspiracy that turns supernatural soldiers into programmable weapons through systematic betrayal and trauma.
As Mira uncovers a web of psychological manipulation that reaches the highest levels of government, she faces an impossible choice: expose the truth and lose everything, or become the perfect supernatural operative through the destruction of her own free will.
The only way to save the people she cares about is to embrace the dangerous power that everyone fears—and trust the drill sergeant who taught her that some rules are meant to be broken.
A forbidden instructor/student military paranormal romance featuring a powerful witch who burns down coffee shops, a damaged drill sergeant with a protective streak, forbidden instructor/student attraction, found family among supernatural soldiers, and the revolutionary idea that magic works best when it's based on trust instead of trauma.
Genre: Romance
Fort Blackthorne isn't your typical boot camp.
Here, witches learn combat magic alongside enhanced soldiers, and Mira's drill sergeant is the most dangerous man she's ever met. Staff Sergeant Kai Thorne—scarred, ruthless, and haunted by the team he couldn't save—pushes her harder than any other recruit. His training methods are unconventional, his standards impossible, and his storm-gray eyes see straight through every defense she's built.
But Mira's magic doesn't follow the rules.
While other recruits master careful control, her power explodes in chaotic bursts that threaten everyone around her. Only Thorne seems to understand that her wild energy isn't a flaw to be fixed—it's a weapon to be unleashed. Their late-night training sessions crackle with more than magical electricity, and the line between instructor and student blurs with every stolen moment.
When creatures from the shadow realm attack the base, Mira discovers the terrifying truth about her abilities—and about the man training her to use them.
Thorne lost his magic and his entire squad in a mission that should have been routine. Now he's determined to forge her into the weapon that could have saved his team, even if it means sacrificing everything they're building together.
But someone at Fort Blackthorne has been watching their connection develop.
Someone who sees their bond as the perfect tool for a conspiracy that turns supernatural soldiers into programmable weapons through systematic betrayal and trauma.
As Mira uncovers a web of psychological manipulation that reaches the highest levels of government, she faces an impossible choice: expose the truth and lose everything, or become the perfect supernatural operative through the destruction of her own free will.
The only way to save the people she cares about is to embrace the dangerous power that everyone fears—and trust the drill sergeant who taught her that some rules are meant to be broken.
A forbidden instructor/student military paranormal romance featuring a powerful witch who burns down coffee shops, a damaged drill sergeant with a protective streak, forbidden instructor/student attraction, found family among supernatural soldiers, and the revolutionary idea that magic works best when it's based on trust instead of trauma.
Genre: Romance
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