Kalista Lumine has spent seventeen years perfecting the art of killing monsters—never imagining she might become one.

As the Archmaster's daughter at the Academy of Light, she's destined to lead the next generation of elite demon hunters. But when a training mission goes catastrophically wrong, her carefully suppressed "blood condition" erupts into something far more dangerous: shadow magic. The very power she was raised to destroy now flows through her veins, marking her as the enemy she was born to eliminate.

Riev Nightshade is a half-demon prisoner awaiting execution—until an ancient blood bond saves his life and dooms them both.

Tethered by magic neither of them understands, Kalista finds herself bound to her greatest enemy. Riev is everything the Academy taught her to fear: powerful, unpredictable... and devastatingly alluring. But as corrupted beasts begin coordinating attacks and Academy Masters vanish one by one, Kalista realizes the real threat isn’t the demon beside her—it’s the institution she trusted with her life.

When darkness rises from within the Order of Light itself, Kalista must choose: the duty that defined her, or the demon who could destroy her.

In a world where monsters aren’t always evil and halos hide the darkest lies, the only hope may be a monster hunter and her demon, fighting as one.

Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and The Witcher, Academy of Beasts and Binding is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy trilogy filled with forbidden magic, ancient secrets, and a war that will test the line between salvation and damnation.