ONLY THE FIRST 9 CHAPTERS ARE AVAILABLE. ***** An enslaved champion in the bloodsport of battleboxing, Imalroc has fought for years to try and regain his freedom. But when his fighting contract passes into the hands of Rerdas Toriem, a disgraced noble guarding a dangerous secret, Imalroc finds himself grappling with feelings that both bewilder and upset him. The two men couldn't be more different, but to avoid a political noose, an enemy empire, and a mysterious disease that threatens to upturn everything they know, they must find a way to overcome their conflicting alliances in the hope of securing freedom, safety, and a chance at something more than friendship. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

If you want to live follow these simple rules: 1. Only trust those with the unmatching coloured eyes, 2. Avoid the red portals, 3. Run like hell. After a body is discovered hanging from a clock tower belonging to the fated St Tournes Boarding House, it's clear that the shadows that once thrived have begun to emerge from hiding. Leslie Kass- the seventeen year old girl who rocked up with no memories of her family at the school gates with only a single box. A girl who knows nothing about the twisted realms that linger outside her own and the dangers they hold. When hooded heartthrob Zeke, gothic Denae and sociopath Wolfgang start taking a disturbing amount of interest in her, she's told of the facade of energy that surrounds only people like her. The rare dimension jumping Elites were thought to have been wiped out, but these deadly different eyed teenagers may just have one last hope. What makes these adolescence so special? and what lies beyond the walls that could threaten not only her life, but her sanity? Leslie now resides on a battleground for good and evil, and with so many questions remaining unanswered, there's only one way to figure out what it all means: She needs to die. Cover by @elphadora