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  “Shut the fucking door, you’re letting all our cold air out,” the hot ginger with the apparently hot attitude growls at me. Literally growls.

  Maybe it’s not me but someone else he’s waiting on.

  And then reality sinks back in to me.

  “Wait,” I call after my heavenly guide, turning to him because this is all a very obvious mistake.

  “Syko. My name’s Syko in case you were dying to know.”

  I narrow my eyes on him.

  “Syko?” I spit the word out. “Syko? I let some guy named Syko lead me into a dark condemned building and trusted him not to murder me.”

  “You trusted me with a lot more than that, let’s be honest.” I hate that smile on his lips right now.

  “Syko,” I curl my lips at that name. “Why are there three men in my dorm room?”

  I’m not the type to complain when gifts are given, but this is clearly a mistake.

  The carving smile on his lips lifts even higher, very devilish for a man who may or may not be heaven sent. He walks backward, letting the wide hall span between us before turning the handle to the door directly across from mine. “Overcrowding. They don’t put a lot of effort into us first years. Half of us will be gone before the second semester even starts. You can change rooms then. Second years are more strict. Females in the left wing, males in the right. Until then, you tell me if any of your new friends fuck with you.” Syko slices his attention to the men standing behind me.

  Syko. I’m supposed to go running to a man named Syko if anyone scares me.

  What the fuck is wrong with this place?

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  Also by A.K. Koonce

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  Hopeless Magic

  Hopeless Kingdom

  Hopeless Realm

  Hopeless Sacrifice

  The To Tame a Shifter Series

  Taming

  Claiming

  Maiming

  Sustaining

  Reigning

  The Royal Harem Series

  The Hundred Year Curse

  The Curse of the Sea

  The Legend of the Cursed Princess

  The Harem of Misery Series

  Pandora’s Pain

  The Severed Souls Series

  Darkness Rising

  Darkness Consuming

  Darkness Colliding

  The Huntress Series

  An Assassin’s Death

  An Assassin’s Deception

  An Assassin’s Destiny

  The Villainous Wonderland Series

  Into the Madness

  Within the Wonder

  Under the Lies

  The Mortals and Mystics Series

  Fate of the Hybrid, Prequel

  When Fate Aligns, Book one

  When Fate Unravels, Book two

  When Fate Prevails, Book three

  Resurrection Island

  About the Author

  A.K. Koonce is a USA Today bestselling author. She’s mom by day and a fantasy and paranormal romance writer by night. She keeps her fantastical stories in her mind on an endless loop while she tries her best to focus on her actual life and not that of the spectacular, but demanding, fictional characters who always fill her thoughts.