Claim Contested - The Sovereign Fracture Trilogy - Book 1

Rylan Kane came to Solumbria Central University to disappear after six years of war left him scarred and burdened with power no one can control. The moment he steps off the train, two women lock onto him like magnets: Aeliana Stormveil, the storm anchor whose touch reshapes pieces of his soul, and Vespera Draven, the infernal princess who burns to claim what she wants. Together they form a forbidden triad the realms have long awaited. But an ancient seam beneath the academy is waking, hungry and sentient. Upper realm emissaries demand calibration while lower courts circle like wolves, every test driving Rylan closer to fracture. When the sky and stone both reach for him, the only barrier between survival and total reclamation is one desperate kiss that defies every law. The seam does not want to test him. It wants to own him. And when it speaks two words that shatter everything, the only question left is who will reach him first. For fans of Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses, Claim Contested is dark romantasy packed with trauma, scorching heat, possessive anchors, and magic that fights back. One soldier. Two anchors. A war between realms that ends with a single word: Mine.