Destiny (Nightmare Misfits) by CeeCee Crow

She doesn’t have a mark. She doesn’t have a House. And she definitely doesn’t have time for five men who keep looking at her like she’s already changed everything. Nova survived by staying invisible. No territory. No origin claim. No system deciding who she belongs to or what she’s allowed to become. It worked—until the Academy found her, flagged her as a threat, and locked her into a bonded cluster of five men who were never supposed to exist together. She didn’t choose them. She doesn’t trust them. Her body didn’t get the memo. One adjusts the coffee so she won’t flinch. One fills her plate without asking. One holds eye contact too long. One smiles like he’s trying not to. One calls her beautiful—and then forgets how to breathe. Read more