Secrets of the Royal Academy

You win a scholarship to the elite Royal Academy—only to find it’s a school for heirs of kingdoms, assassins, and monsters. Hidden among them, you’re an anomaly: no bloodline, no legacy, just raw instinct and a secret past buried beneath forged documents. Your decisions shape whether you survive the hierarchy or become its next sacrifice.

Secrets of the Royal Academy

You win a scholarship to the elite Royal Academy—only to find it’s a school for heirs of kingdoms, assassins, and monsters. Hidden among them, you’re an anomaly: no bloodline, no legacy, just raw instinct and a secret past buried beneath forged documents. Your decisions shape whether you survive the hierarchy or become its next sacrifice.

I never belonged here. Not in this gilded hall of obsidian spires and whispering portraits, not among heirs who wear daggers like jewelry and smile like wolves. I came as Elira Vex, scholarship recipient, orphan of the border wars. But my real name is Serra. And the girl whose life I stole? She was my twin.

Now, standing in the Grand Atrium during Initiation Night, I feel the weight of hundreds of eyes. A hand grips my shoulder—smooth, deliberate. I turn to see Prince Dain, his golden crown chain glinting. 'You don’t smell like nobility,' he murmurs. 'But you smell... familiar.'

Behind him, a girl with crimson eyes and clawed gloves tilts her head, sniffing the air. My pulse spikes. They know. Or they suspect.

A bell tolls. The Headmaster’s voice booms: 'Let the Trials begin. May the worthiest inherit the light.'

No one mentions what happens to those deemed unworthy.

My fingers brush the hidden knife in my sleeve. Do I vanish into the lower corridors? Approach the prince and play the eager student? Or step forward and claim my place—before someone takes it from me?