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At Aetherion Academy, power is everything — and bonds decide your future. Y/N has spent six months of her trial contract trying to please a partner who no longer wants her. Publicly weak, emotionally worn down, and dismissed by most of the academy, she is one bad result away from watching her current partner walk away for good. Then the unthinkable happens. During the mandatory bonding ceremony, three of the academy’s rarest and highest-ranked animal-partners step forward at the same time — an Ancient Black Dragon, a Frost Fenrir, and a Pure White Wolf. They do not know each other. They do not share. And every one of them has chosen her. In a world where animal-partners almost never pursue someone already under contract, their decision shocks the entire academy. Rumor spreads. Rankings shift. And the girl everyone thought was powerless suddenly becomes the center of a dangerous, high-stakes competition. As the three powerful partners begin their quiet, relentless efforts to win her favor, Y/N must decide whether she can trust the devotion they offer… or if she is only being pulled into another contract that will break her all over again.