Scariel Low knows: to break the system, you have to enter it. Are half-breeds banned from the Academy? Not banned. He will pass the Test, get the signatures of pure bloods - lies, manipulation, feigned friendship. He is a master of deception. But when behind the next window there is not just a target, but a person with whom he likes to talk, the cold glass suddenly burns. "He is useful. Period." But the heart rebels.