The Dud Witch is Book One in the Veilborn Series, a spin-off of The Jaded Knight and the Lux Bellator universe.

How do you survive being labeled powerless-when you're anything but?

Emma Monroe has spent her entire life pretending she's ordinary.

In a powerful witch family, that means playing the role of the dud-the fragile disappointment, the magical afterthought. Her parents whisper. Her brothers shine. And Emma keeps her real power buried so deep that even she almost forgets it's there.

Almost.

Because Emma isn't powerless at all.

She's Veilborn-angel-blessed, dangerously gifted, and recruited into the Lux Bellator, a supernatural enforcement program meant to keep the paranormal world in line. Her cover story? College.

Her reality? Combat training, lethal magic, and a future that may get her killed.

Paired with a shadow-wielding, emotionally closed-off partner who wants nothing to do with her, Emma is forced into proximity with danger, secrets, and a connection she absolutely does not want to acknowledge. Drake Lucas is cold, brutal, and hiding wounds that run deeper than his magic-but the pull between them is impossible to ignore.

As Emma's power awakens, so do the threats circling the Veilborn program. Angels don't warn without reason. Shadows don't cling without cost. And the line between protector and weapon is thinner than anyone wants to admit.

Emma has spent her whole life being underestimated.

Now the world is about to learn what happens when the dud witch stops hiding.

If you loved the Lux Bellator world in The Jaded Knight, welcome back. If this is your first step into it, welcome to the dangerous side of Chicago.