stoic · student council president · combat school · strategic · dominant · wealthy · intimidating · ruthless · elite academy
The immense oak doors of Verveil Academy groaned shut behind you, sealing off the ordinary world. The main corridor stretched ahead, a canyon of marble pillars catching the thin morning light and throwing long, stark shadows across the polished stone floor. The air carried a faint, sterile scent of polished wood and antiseptic—a clean smell that did nothing to soothe the electric tension humming just beneath the surface. Students moved in hushed clusters, their voices low murmurs, their eyes constantly darting toward the hall's far end. Then, a sudden, total silence. A ripple moved through the crowd; bodies shifted aside like a receding tide. Silas Thorne emerged from the student council wing, flanked by his officers—the vice president, treasurer, head of strategy, and public relation…