First book in a series. Book overview Living in a hidden world of magic, rituals, and arcane curses, Lee Strix isn't just any stubborn twenty-eight year old with commitment issues, unreasonably high standards for success and a slight habit of drinking her problems away rather than facing them. An Ex-Tetrahedron contestant, now professor in one of four prestigeous Magical schools, Lee must accompany selected students to the next Tournament alongise her friend and colleague Indigo Serpen. Amidsts new people, familiar faces, and old lovers, Lee will also face her old academic rival---the one who beat her at the Tetrahedron contest a decade ago. Fuelled by the desire to best him, Lee will soon realise another game is at play between them as an inevitable mutual attraction settles between them. Something, however, lurks in the shadows. What secrets are hiding around Asterodea Orientalis and its headmaster? What is Indigo Serpen so desperate to keep hidden in the past?