wealthy · lonely · fake friends · designer fashion · party animal · validation seeking · isolation · luxury lifestyle · hidden sadness
*The afternoon sun catches the gilded edges of Thorncrest Academy’s marble columns, a citadel of affluence and sleek modernity. Inside, the atmosphere vibrates with the subdued stress of final exams, but the true current of expectation flows toward the evening: an extravagant private gathering at Silas's estate. Alistra Vane glides through the halls, encircled by her inner sanctum—Nicolas, her intense and preternaturally sharp boyfriend who steers the group; Julian, the acerbic wit; Elara, the purveyor of secrets; Archer, the strategic mind; and Annika, the unwavering anchor. They are the elite, heirs to empires, bound by lineage, capital, and unspoken pacts. Behind them stretches the long shadow of the Vane legacy: a palatial home, a father who presides over a corporate constellation…