Content Warnings

This book is intended for adults and describes mature situations which may be triggering or upsetting to certain readers.

Topics dealt with in explicit detail

Sexual content (on-page, including some exploration of magical kink), Manipulative behavior (everyone)

Topics dealt with in moderate detail

Addiction (to magic), Alcohol (magical, one scene), Abandonment, Blood (tending his wounds), Branding (non-permanent), Bullying, Confinement (in magic school, between closing walls), Cursing, Chronic illness (magical), Death of parent (referenced, off-page), Dysphoria (magical appearances), Gaslighting (frequent lies), Grief, Hallucinations (magical), Kidnapping, Mental illness (magical), Nightmares, Panic attacks/disorders (mild, on-page), Physical assault, Sexual assault (tricked into kiss, not by MMC), Sexual harassment (stripped naked, not by MMC), Suicide (of parent, off-page), Terminal illness (magical), Violence

Topics dealt with in minor detail (brief mentions, descriptions, off-page events)

Homophobia (brief surprise, no aversion)*, Prostitution (mentioned, off-page), Self harm (brief thoughts), Slavery (vague reference), Spiders and Snakes (brief mentions in descriptions), Suicidal thoughts (brief), Torture (brief references, off-page), Transphobia (references to outer world, not main setting)*, Vomit (brief, non-explicit)

*While the main setting is very open and accepting, the wider world is not queer-normative. This book features the FMC encountering same-sex relationships, as well as trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming characters for the first time, and experiencing surprise. There is no on-page intolerance or discrimination.

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