Death Match

Powerless. Hunted. And walking straight into a supernatural war. Alyse Winters survived being burned by her own agency—but survival comes at a cost. Stripped of her djinn powers, Alyse is scraping by as a bounty hunter in Philadelphia while quietly digging into the conspiracy that destroyed her life. When her former Shadow Elite handler turns up dead and an anonymous warning drags her back into the shadows, Alyse realizes her takedown wasn’t an isolated betrayal—it was the opening move. As the Colony Games approach, the city becomes a powder keg of magic, ambition, and bloodshed. Ghuls are gathering. Mages are snapping. And someone is experimenting with power that even the supernatural world fears. Caught between the Enclave, the Protectorate, and enemies who know exactly how vulnerable she is, Alyse is forced into a deadly game where the rules keep changing—and losing means far more than death. Complicating everything is Reed, a relentless Nephilim Protector sworn to uphold the laws A