Chaos is waking... and it remembers her name. Seventeen-year-old Talia Draeven has spent her life hiding-until the night Wardens drag her to Havocspire, the Academy that trains the most dangerous mages in the realm. She expects imprisonment. She never expects a forbidden Relic to choose her. Or for the ancient Chimera of Havoc-a creature lost to legend-to stir in response. Now the Citadel whispers. Students stare. The instructors track her every breath. And Kaelen Stone, the infuriatingly talented Warden bound to watch her, feels something when they're near-something electric, explosive, forbidden. When Talia's magic spirals out of control, she discovers a truth buried for centuries: She isn't a mistake. She's the beginning of a crown the world hoped would stay dead. As the Spire shifts around her and her power grows hungrier by the day, Talia must decide: Stay contained. Or let chaos out. Perfect for readers who love forbidden magic, slow-burn tension, academy secrets, and dangerous fantasy romance, Rites of Ruin launches the powerful House of Havoc Trilogy, where power has a price-and desire could destroy everything.