
by bateters
Alex is flawed, broken, and desperate to protect what matters most to him. He fights for everyone else’s future even though his own may be locked away forever. When the Order comes for those futures, Alex turns to a dark power that should have stayed sealed away. It lets him relive what no one else remembers, but he risks becoming just as twisted as those he’s trying to stop. His path is tangled with grief, violence, toxic attachments, and people too damaged to love each other cleanly. Saving them may be possible. Saving himself may be more than he can handle.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 22 Oct 2026, 23:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 22 Oct 2026, 23:28 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 77% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.