Blackthorne Academy: Year Two by Zoe Dunn

Bechora Knight survived her first year at Blackthorne Academy. Barely. Now she’s beginning to understand the truth about her magic. Every mate bond she completes awakens new abilities within her, powers she never expected and barely understands. As fate continues placing new mates in her path, Bechora is also trying to ignore the prophecy that seems to follow her wherever she goes.While she struggles to make sense of her growing power and the bonds forming around her, something far more troubling is happening on campus. Blackthorne is locked down and layered with wards meant to keep anything from entering unnoticed, yet students and staff keep disappearing without explanation. No one should be able to slip through the wards. No one should be able to vanish from campus at all. As Bechora and her mates begin searching for answers, the mystery only grows more unsettling.Then there’s the king’s broadcast at the end of last year, the one claiming humans breached the Veil and war is coming. Everyone else seemed to accept it as truth. But Bechora can’t shake the feeling that something about it was off, almost like watching an illusion instead of reality. The more students vanish from a supposedly sealed campus, the harder it becomes to believe the timing is a coincidence. With the deadly End of Year Trials approaching, Bechora must master the abilities awakened through her mate bonds while uncovering what is really happening inside Blackthorne Academy before more people disappear.