MADDISON COLE
bringing alphas to their knees
Shadowed Souls Series Trigger Warnings
BEFORE YOU DIVE IN...
The War at Waversea series follows three broken, volatile souls inside an elite academy where power rules, secrets rot, and loyalty is a luxury no one can afford.
Rhys Waversea walks the halls with a single mission: dismantle his father’s empire from the inside and watch it burn. Clayton Michaels has spent years shaping himself into the golden boy Waversea expects, while hiding a darkness no one sees coming. And then there’s Harper, the deaf new girl determined to survive in a world built to silence her. She wasn’t meant to matter. She wasn’t meant to change anything. But she becomes the spark neither boy saw coming… and the girl they’d destroy worlds to protect.
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Despite the rivalry, the tension, and the constant threat of danger lurking beneath Waversea’s polished surface, these characters discover something they never expected - their connection. Harper is the fire they orbit, the girl who refuses to break even when the world demands it. And in her defiance, she forces Rhys and Clayton to confront every part of themselves they’d rather bury.
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Each book contains a detailed trigger warning list, as every character battles their own inner storms. Expect raw and honest portrayals of trauma, including but not limited to grief, emotional manipulation, parental toxicity, violence, bullying, self-worth struggles, and the brutal effects of isolation.
With a fierce blend of enemies to lovers, touch-her-and-die intensity, forced proximity, razor-sharp banter, and enough obsession to set the academy ablaze, this series promises a heart-stopping ride of push and pull. You won't know which man you're rooting until you reach the end and realise, it's been both of them the entire time.
THE BOOKS IN ORDER...
Deafened by Silence
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War at Waversea Book One
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Rhys Waversea wants to watch the world burn, and Clayton Michaels will spark that flame.
It was supposed to be so simple. A fresh start where no one knows about the accident. No one knows I'm a deaf girl walking amongst the hearing, cocooned in my own silent world. So simple, if I had gone anywhere except Waversea Academy.
Here, shadows cling to every wall. Privilege follows me like smoke, clogging my throat. There’s a poison running through this campus, and it's wearing the face of the founder's grandson.
From the moment I set foot on site, I’m dragged into the middle of a war between two jocks who claim to hate each other more than anything else. One watches me like he’s trying to unearth my secrets. The other shields me like he already knows them.
Loyalties shift, the line between protection and possession blurring. I wanted a quiet life. What I got was a battlefield, and I’m the prize they’re both willing to destroy in the name of victory.
Burned by Sin​
War at Waversea Book Two
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Rhys Waversea is holding a lit match to a can of gasoline, and Clayton Michaels is no longer standing in his way.
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The plan was simple. Infiltrate my father’s empire and watch it crumble from the inside. Waversea Academy was never meant to last, it was just another playground to poison with my hatred. And for a while, it worked. I made sure everyone who thought they belonged here tasted the same misery I was born into.
But Harper wasn’t a part of that plan. She wasn’t supposed to matter. Somehow, she peeled back every layer I built to survive, carved her name into the ruins of who I used to be, and left me exposed. I got what I wanted, I should be celebrating. Instead, I’m spiraling, locked in a war with my own mind. The thrill is gone, the high’s worn off, and now I’m left hollow and alone.
Still, she haunts me. My dreams are plagued by her voice, one sentence on repeat which cuts deeper than any blade. “Rhys Waversea is nothing, and he knows it.”
Scarred by Desire​
War at Waversea Book Three
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Rhys Waversea has decided where his loyalties lie, and Clayton Michaels couldn't agree more.
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She’s gone, and it’s killing me. One minute Harper was here, biting back with that sharp tongue and soft heart, and the next, she vanished without a trace. No messages. No leads. Just a silence loud enough to drown me.
I’ve searched every inch of Waversea. Questioned every name on her schedule. Even dragged Rhys into the same room more than once, which should tell you just how far I’m willing to go.
Because we both know this wasn’t random. Someone has taken her. Someone planned this. They think we’re too distracted, too broken, too busy tearing each other apart to notice she’s missing. But they don't know Harper is ours. She belongs to us, and we’re coming for her.
