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Summary
In Ebonfall, turning twenty means one thing: being chosen.
Every year, the people of the village gather for the Ceremony of Claiming, where ancient guardian spirits known as Freja descend to bond with their humans. The bond grants magic, status, purpose.
Kael has waited for this moment his entire life.
But when the ceremony ends and every Freja has chosen except his, Kael is left standing alone. Unclaimed. Humiliated. Broken in a way he doesn’t know how to fix.
Still, Kael refuses to let it destroy him.
Determined to prove he’s more than the boy no guardian wanted, he leaves for the prestigious College of Mystical Arts alongside his bonded friends, stepping into a world where power defines worth and weakness is preyed upon.
Then he meets Ugin.
A massive white tiger Freja who vanished years ago after losing the human he once loved. Quiet, intense, and carrying grief like a wound beneath his skin, Ugin wants nothing to do with anyone—especially not Kael.
But the connection between them is impossible to ignore.
As Kael struggles to find his place in a world that already decided he doesn’t belong, Ugin may become the one thing capable of changing everything.