At St. Augustine’s Academy, privilege and power run through every marble hallway. For some, this final year means freedom. For others, it’s the stepping stone to even greater influence. But for a few, it will become a life-altering secret they can never escape.

Isabella Marquez has her future mapped out; graduate top of her class, enter the most prestigious university, and one day take control of her father’s empire. Nothing and no one will stop her.

Especially not Alexander Hawthorne with his smirk and blue eyes, the Duke’s reckless second son. To Isabella, he’s nothing more than a chain-smoking, party-throwing menace who will likely end up in jail before graduation.

But when a classmate turns up dead in Isabella’s dorm room, Alexander becomes the only person who can help her prove her innocence. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Isabella discovers that behind his arrogant smirk and scandalous reputation lies someone far more complicated than she ever imagined.

And in a world where secrets are currency and friends can become enemies and enemies can become something dangerously more, Isabella may find herself risking more than just her future, she may risk her heart.



Dive in to explore Isabella's life as it either takes a turn for the best or the worse.


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My pulse thundered in my ears, drowning everything else out. For a long second, none of us moved. The silence pressed so tightly against my ribs I thought I'd suffocate in it. Then faint sounds slipped through the wood, low voices, muffled, just beyond the door.


Arthur moved from where he had hid himself and flattened himself against the floor, pressing his ear to the crack beneath the door. I held my breath, waiting for him to tell us something—anything—but after a few seconds, his lips tightened, and he shook his head.


The voices faded and we were once more doused in silence.


Chapter 25 - Whispers in the Dark