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High Red by HelveticaNoir
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HIGH RED At Saint Caspian Academy, ambition is not merely encouraged-if not measured like currency. The school embodies opulence: elite uniforms, immaculate halls, students groomed for futures already decided. Inside its gilded facade, however, lies power operated like second skin. Influence is tracked. Visibility weaponized. Silence is both a weapon and a curse. And some students are marked early-flagged not for excellence in itself, but for potential damage. Lavinia Adelaide Marquez has never lost control of a room. Ice queen magnate made flesh. Beautiful as much as she is dangerous. Dangerous in a sense that feels rehearsed. She understands Saint Caspian's language-but more so, how her life was built for inevitability. Marcel Guerrero does not belong in that world, and that is precisely why he is a foreign kind of threat. A scholarship student with no interest in playing along, Marcel moves through the academy with unsettling stillness. He does not chase status. Neither does fear it. He notices too much, speaks too little, and refuses to play a role within the system. Where others learn to maneuver, he stands firm. When their paths intersect, it is not romance that ignites first, but pressure. And that's when it became apparent: No one here is innocent. No one is safe. And some colors, once revealed, cannot be unseen. Highest Ranking as of 28/12/2025 #23 thriller Other Rankings #14 student #26 academy #1 council #11 politics #14 rivalry #1 icequeen #4 femaleprotagonist