Complete ----- Magic runs through the veins of every mage at the Academy, but when that magic turns to poison, finding a cure becomes a race against their beating hearts… When Luka Lavrin left the Academy a decade ago, he thought he was done with it. That is, until an old friend returns, like an unwelcome ghost from his past, and asks him for a favor.No matter how badly he wants to say no, he never has been good a turning down a challenge, but even if the Academy hasn't changed in ten years, Luka has. When Alice Malik graduates, she plans to leave the Academy, but then she's offered to apprentice with the legendary Luka Lavrin. It's an opportunity of a lifetime, and one she can't possibly turn down, despite what it means for the future she has laid out for herself.Alice has always struggled with decisions, but when Luka turns out to be very different from the hero she thought he was, she has to face her toughest choice yet. When loyalties are shattered, which side do you stand with?