

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?
