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God of Malice

Legacy of Gods, Book 1

Rina Kent

Glyndon King is trying to disappear inside her art and the life everyone else planned for her. Killian Carson notices anyway — and once he decides she belongs in his orbit, leaving it stops being simple.

Frequent and sustained once the relationship turns physical, with control and psychological intensity shaping the dynamic.

Heat level

Unhinged5 of 5

Clocked.

everyone who has ever wanted the campus golden boy to be the danger, not the prize

Spice type

DarkPower exchangeDegradation

Relationship structure

MF

Tropes

Dark academiaCollege romanceObsessed MMCMorally grey MMC

Pacing

Slow buildRelationship-forward

Content notes

On-page violencePsychological manipulationSubstance useBullyingMental-health themes

Reader fit

This book is great for

For readers who want dark college romance built around control, obsession, and a man who makes "I noticed you" sound like a threat.

  • wants the college setting dark without needing a professor/student premise
  • likes their MMCs deliberately cruel, not secretly misunderstood
  • wants obsession and psychological warfare before softness
  • needs their dark academia to come with teeth

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