Rhea Marlowe never applied to the mysterious, elite Elaris Institute, yet an invitation appears, sealed in wax and pulsing with secrets.
No contact. No application. Just a single instruction: Arrive. Or be forgotten.
Elaris isn’t on any map, but its alumni shape the world-tech moguls, senators, even ghosts whispered about in conspiracy forums. When Rhea boards the silent train to this hidden academy, she steps into a place where nothing makes sense: no internet, no phones, and students who vanish just as quickly as they arrived.
And then there's the boy with storm-gray eyes who tells her she wasn’t meant to be chosen.
That she’s already made a mistake just by being here.
At Elaris, rules are written in blood.
The only law is silence.
And someone or something is always watching.
> Welcome to the institute where survival is the final exam.
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