Queen of the Ruined Court

Briar Point Academy has a rule no one writes down: the Ravencrofts own the buildings, the board, and the scholarship students, in that order. Imogen Vaux broke one rule. She is now the legal ward of Ledger Ravencroft, resident of his suite, subject to his schedule, and invisible to every adult in the building. The arrangement is described to her as rehabilitation. She keeps her head down. She learns the route between his study and the fire stair. She copies every page of a ledger that could end him. He thinks he's breaking her. He's training her. A dark bully captive academy romance about a girl who walks out the gate on her own two feet, and a boy who made her. Contains on-page power imbalance and institutional coercion.