“You were never meant to live in this world… and yet, the mirror chose you.”

Aralyn was a nobody. She was just an orphaned girl trying to survive in a cruel city, hiding from a past too painful to name, but everything changes the night she stumbles on a strange mirror lying in the middle of the street. The second she touches it, she's pulled into another realm—a world of magic, monsters, and secrets.

Thrown into the prestigious Shadowvale Academy, a school where witches fly, spells burn through walls, and students are powerful enough to kill with a glance, Aralyn is the only one with no magic, no status, and no clue what she's doing.

To make matters worse, her roommate is a lethal beauty who wants her dead, the teachers don’t trust her, and the students think she's a joke. Except… she’s not, not really. Because something is waking inside her, something ancient and something dangerous.

And soon, the world will know that the powerless girl from nowhere? She’s the one the prophecies warned about. The chaos bringer, the storm, and the girl who will burn the world down… or save it.

But becoming the most powerful witch in the realm comes with a price. Shadows follow her, secrets haunt her, and four impossibly powerful beings, all dangerous in their own right, seem drawn to her for reasons no one can explain. Allies? Lovers or enemies waiting to strike?

One thing’s for sure: in a place like Shadowvale, trust is a luxury… and survival is almost impossible.

"In Shadowvale, trust no one, love no one, and whatever you do—don’t underestimate the “crazy” witch."

Warning: 18+ | Strong language | Violence | Dark themes | Smut | Reverse Harem | Possessive love interests | Extreme/Dark Magic | Mentally unstable characters | You’ve been warned.

I was exhausted, the kind of exhaustion that settled deep inside your head after repeatedly failing at the same thing over and over again. For what felt like the hundredth time, I stared down at my hands and wondered what exactly was wrong with me. 


Ever since I had stepped outside, I had been trying everything I could think of to somehow force my magic to appear. Everyone kept insisting that I had powers. Apparently, Shadowvale Academy didn't make mistakes, and if I was here, then there had to be something special about me, but the problem was that nobody could explain why I couldn't actually do anything.


At first, I had tried to approach it seriously. I closed my eyes, concentrated, and attempted to feel whatever magical energy everyone else seemed to have. When that didn't work, I started getting creative. I had whispered every ridiculous spell phrase I could think of. 


Chapter 29 - Worst Timing