The Gilded Cage (Vol. 1 Dark Gifts Trilogy)

A Britain. An ancient cruelty. The first volume of the Dark Gifts Trilogy. In modern Britain, in addition to wealth and noble titles, members of the aristocracy also possess magical abilities, such as accelerated healing, mind-reading, and the power of nature. The privileges don't end there: every commoner must serve the nobility for ten years. There's no escape. Abi Hadley thought she was doing her family a favor when she signed them up to serve their slave days at Kyneston, home of the Jardines, the Founding Family, but little did she know the horrors that lay ahead. Meanwhile, her brother, Luke, just 17, ends up alone in Millmoor, a brutal slave town with few privileges and many obligations. Both Abi and Luke have had to adapt to their new realities, or perhaps become allies in the fight to end the privileges of an elite seeking ever greater power. Meanwhile, the youngest aristocrat of the Jardine family conspires to shape the world according to his dark gift... and his days as a slave may be just the beginning of something much more cruel.