To her bitter disappointment, she will never be the powerful wizard she and her father hoped she’d be. Lady Veronica Elal doesn’t have many choices. And to exacting his ultimate revenge on the Convocation that destroyed his family. If he can obtain a familiar to supplement his skills, ideally one who is a highborn daughter who can also be his lady wife, then he’ll be that much closer to restoring House Phel.

Fortunately, through a wild chance of birth, he was born with the magic of a powerful wizard, the first in his family in generations. But when Gabriel catches up to her, their adventure has only begun.Lord Gabriel Phel wants one thing: to restore his shattered House to its former station in the Convocation’s complex and arcane society. Pregnant and alone, Nic eludes monstrous hunters, searching for a safe haven.

Afraid of losing her will to the compelling wizard who touches her heart like no other, Nic does the unthinkable: she runs. Gabriel Phel seems like the perfect choice for Nic’s gambit-he’s desperate and untutored in wizardry-but within moments of meeting him, she feels the bonds of magic tying them together. With no choice but to serve the one who wins her, Nic has one hope for control over her life: a wizard she can manipulate. Whichever man impregnates her will bond her to them forever. Forced to participate in the Betrothal Trials, she receives a wizard suitor for one night each month. Instead, through a twist of fate, and despite her expensive Convocation Academy education, Nic is doomed to be a familiar like her mother. To her bitter disappointment, she will never be a wizard. Lady Veronica Elal, captive in her tower, has only one way out. With her by his side, he can ascend to such a position of power in the Convocation that he can destroy it forever. If he can obtain a familiar to amplify his magic, a highborn daughter he can marry, to be mother to his children, he’ll be that much closer to saving his family.

Fortunately, through a wild chance of birth, he was born with powerful wizard magic, the first in his family in generations. Lord Gabriel Phel wants one thing: to rebuild the shattered fortunes of his people and restore his ruined house to its former station in the Convocation’s highest tiers of elegant society.

Dark wizard by jeffe kennedy