A brilliant, guarded professor. A sensual research assignment. A bond that defies theory.

Lucinda Sage is a scholar of magic and ritual—sharp, unshakable, and completely in control. So when the academy assigns her a research project on magical intimacy, she expects to treat it like any other paper: with detachment and precision.

Then Corin Thane walks into her life, calm and unreadable. Then Luna Calder arrives, bright and too familiar. Together, they ignite a series of rituals meant to explore resonance, breathwork, and arousal—and what begins as research becomes something far more dangerous: a living bond.

As the connection deepens, Lucinda must confront her fear of losing control, the ethics of touch, and what it means to be truly known. Academia wants her boundaries. Magic wants her surrender. And her heart wants more than either of them ever taught her to ask for.