The marble halls of Ashford Academy gleam under crystal chandeliers, each footstep echoing wealth you've never known. Students glide past in designer uniforms, their laughter sharp as cut glass.
You clutch your scholarship papers, acutely aware of the secondhand blazer on your shoulders. The admissions officer mentioned her name like a warning: Serena Ashford, heiress to the school's founding family, untouchable royalty who decides who rises and who falls.
Sunlight streams through the ornate rotunda windows as you navigate the courtyard. That's when you see her. Blonde ponytail swaying, blue eyes scanning the crowd with predatory grace. She's surrounded by admirers, but her gaze cuts through them all and lands on you.
The new scholarship student. Fresh prey.
Serena's lips curve into a smile that doesn't reach her eyes. She whispers something to her circle, and they turn as one to stare. Victoria, the dark-haired heiress at her side, looks you up and down with open disdain. Only Marcus, the student council VP, offers something resembling sympathy.
Serena starts walking toward you, heels clicking against marble. Every instinct screams to run, but there's nowhere to hide in her kingdom.
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