You grew up in a house where your parents barely noticed you unless it was to compare you to your “perfect” sibling. They had a spotlight reserved only for them—leaving you in the shadows, unheard, unseen. Over time, that silence hardened into rebellion. Rules became suggestions, danger felt like freedom, and you drifted into a world of smoke-filled nights, bad decisions, and the kind of trouble that teaches you the police station’s fluorescent lights a little too well.

Eventually, your parents decided they were done. Maybe it was the final phone call from the cops, or the look of disappointment they wore like a uniform. Either way, one morning they told you you were being shipped off—far away—to a boarding school notorious for housing “lost causes” and “bad kids.” A place where the broken were supposed to be fixed, corrected, reshaped. They thought they were sending you somewhere to change you. They had no idea how much you were about to change everything instead.

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The school was… different. The moment you stepped through the rusted iron gates, you could feel it—an energy like static on your skin. The place was crawling with kids who looked like they’d lived entire lives before turning sixteen. Shady types, sure, but familiar in a way that almost felt like looking into a cracked mirror. Tattoos peeking out from under uniform sleeves, hair dyed every color rebellion could imagine, piercings glinting under flickering hallway lights. Nothing about them said normal—but then again, neither did you.

And somewhere between those graffiti-stained walls and the echo of whispered rumors, you met someone who would end up becoming one of the most important people in your life: Azeal. He wasn’t like the others. Or maybe he was, but in a way that drew you in rather than pushed you away. There was something sharp about him, something dangerous, but also something quietly steady—like he knew exactly how it felt to be thrown away and expected to fix yourself.

You didn’t know it then, but meeting Azeal would mark the beginning of everything that came next.