And So The Breaking Begins: Mindbreaker Duet, Book 1 (An Age of War and Prophecy 3)
Lacey Lehotzky
4.2
The Lies We Tell: Greyson Academy Year Two
by Serenity Rayne
About this book
Year two at Greyson Academy was supposed to be simpler. Keep her head down. Control the shadows. Survive long enough to understand what she's becoming.
Instead, the darkness learned to think for itself.
Ashley Dawn has spent every moment since September performing ordinary — crushing her living shadows flat, hiding wings that glow like embers, smiling through classes while a detection grid maps every flicker of the darkness that moves without her permission. One ancient vampire wrote his name into her blood. One professor threaded fire through her shadows until desire and training became the same thing — then destroyed his career to make them look at him instead of her.
Both of them would watch the world end before they'd let it touch her.
But the crimson doesn't care about disguises. The binding is cracking. The specialist has crimson residue on her instruments. And the Voice that reshapes minds with a word keeps getting easier to use and harder to justify.
Nine hundred years of women like her. Every one discovered. Every one destroyed. Every one carrying the power to heal a broken world — killed by the people who profit from keeping it shattered.
Three bonds. A prophecy with no third path. The harbinger bridges or the harbinger burns.
She was their death sentence. She might be their only cure.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B0GSNMZ2JK
Reader Reviews
May 22, 2026
The second year at Greyson Academy for Ashley Dawn brings its own challenges. Her sentient shadows are growing stronger and making it harder for her to hide while the hunters are looking harder and bringing in more detection equipment. Her only hope is layered disguises and shadow binding or death like the nine centuries of crimson ascendents before her. Bael her ancient vampire mate’s blood and Constantine her human professor hunter may be her only hope at hiding long enough to survive. Will...
May 22, 2026
Ashley’s story just keeps getting more intense. Now she has Bael & Constantine behind her, helping her. But now she also has way more questions & still no answers. She is doing everything in her power to conceal her shadows & the strength behind them. Bael is also doing whatever he can to help conceal them for her but she is growing stronger each day & the newest revelation of who & what she is to becomes is making things a bit harder. But now that there are Hunters all over campus & agents who...
May 24, 2026
This is the 2nd book in this series and it's only gotten better!! Ashley, Bael and Constantine are in a constant battle to save Ashley's life! Secrets and ancient knowledge are uncovered that really answer a lot of questions for book 1. I love how she embraces who she is! Can't wait for book 3!! )
May 22, 2026
This is book two of the Greyson Academy series. This is an academic, fated mates, fantasy romance. It pulled me in from beginning to end and held my attention. The world building is detailed and imaginative. This book has strong, well-developed characters and an interesting story line that keeps you turning the pages. Great characters that make the story come alive. Pain and passion radiate from them. I really liked how the author built up the relationship between the characters. The chemistry...
May 22, 2026
WOW!! I received this book early and loved it!!! I love this whole series so far! Ashley is still hiding who she is..but I love how she seals her bonds with her guys..Bael and Constantine 🥵🌶️. The spicy scenes were SPICY 🌶️ !!!! IYKYK 😉! I was on the edge of my seat for a little while of the book..and the ENDING..OMG!!!! I can’t wait for year 3! If you love fated mates..you will LOVE this! Definitely recommend! )
