by RadioactiveWriting
At Claremont Academy, the weak don’t graduate. They disappear. Araya Claremont was never meant to survive the trials—let alone score high enough to be thrown in with the most lethal students in the country. In a place where power determines everything, she should have kept her head down, stayed unnoticed, and made it through. That was never going to happen. From the moment she arrives, her name makes her a target. But it isn’t just her bloodline drawing attention—it’s something else. Something wrong. Her magic doesn’t behave the way it should.The system doesn’t react to her the way it should.And the people in power are watching far more closely than they should. At Claremont, strength isn’t taught. It’s carved out through brutal trials, shifting alliances, and a system designed to break anyone who doesn’t belong. Survival isn’t enough. Because the more Araya fights to stay alive, the clearer it becomes— She isn’t just at risk of being broken. She might be something the academy was never meant to handle.
