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***Previously titled Truth Seeker.

Jennifer had been ready to enter Lienmont's Mage Academy. The place she'd been aspiring to reach for years now, in hopes of learning the many secrets of magic. What she hadn't been expecting was to be dragged into the city's dungeon, following an unknown swordsman through its dark depths.

Her journey found her in a trial of life and death that left a Mark seared on not just her body, but her very soul. And if that wasn't enough, when she escaped the dungeon, she found her city in flames, burning as monstrous invaders slaughtered everyone they came across, including her.

When Jennifer closed her eyes, she was certain her life had taken an unfair and tragic turn. But then she opened them, only to find that none of it had ever happened.

The only proof she hadn't gone mad was the Mark on her hand, burning with an inner fire.