THE FIRST INCANTATION: THE SUCCUBUS'S SINFUL ENROLLMENT(The Immortal Syllabus Book 1)In the shadow-drenched halls of the University of the Damned, two ancient predators are hunting the same forbidden prize-but only one can survive the price of power.Circe, a high-ranking Succubus, has spent a millennium in servitude to the Great Cycle, drained by the endless hunger for essence. Her escape route is simple: The Cursed Manuscript. This forbidden text promises to grant its master absolute power, freeing Circe from the chain of consumption forever and sealing her ascension to godhood.To find it, she shed her Shadow Wings and velvet horns, trading her true, hungry skin for the flawless human disguise of "Miss Clive"-a financially struggling scholar enrolled in the most dangerous occult university in existence. But Circe's flawless plan shatters the moment she crosses the path of her most dangerous subject.Professor Azreal Blackbourne.The devastatingly composed Lord of Occult Studies is not merely a keeper of the archives; he is a raw, ancient, and utterly merciless Incubus who runs the University as his private dominion. He saw through Circe's disguise the moment she set foot in his private sanctum, recognizing the scent of her fierce, unrestrained ambition-a hunger that perfectly mirrors his own.The Manuscript is a trap, not a key. And Blackbourne holds the truth.He offers Circe a choice that is both a feast and a damnation: A Reluctant Alliance. He needs her Succubus power-her Amplification Factor-to break the Manuscript's final ward. But his terms are absolute: He will be her only source of sustenance. His essence, molten gold and volcanic heat, is infinitely more potent and addictive than any mortal soul.She must become his Apprentice, his vessel, and his Absolute Ownership.Their first illicit coupling shatters reality, forging a Fated Claim-a brutal, possessive bond that transcends magic and binds their core essences together for eternity. Circe is now addicted to the very power that holds her captive, trading her freedom for a single, terrifying chance at her ambition.To seize dominion over the occult world, Blackbourne requires the Manuscript. To achieve her ascension, Circe requires Blackbourne's power. But in a game of domination, the predator who tastes the best is the one who will eventually be consumed.