by A Smith
Scarlet has always been the kind of girl who hides behind hoodies, with the hood up, sleeves pulled over her hands, and her nose buried in a book. At school and at home, she does everything she can to avoid being noticed. When she develops a secret crush on Oliver, the school’s most popular guy and her only friend’s brother, she does not realize it is going to change her life forever. Before she knows it, she finds herself at the centre of a targeted campaign of rumours and lies. Just as she is trying to keep her head down and stay out of trouble, one of her bullies is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The death has disturbing connections to Scarlet, including where the body is found. From that moment on, life is never the same for her or for anyone around her.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 15 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 15 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 14% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
