wastakenbychristine
In a city where power is controlled, love is dangerous... and survival is never guaranteed.
Citadel-9 isn't just a city. It's a system.
The rich live above the clouds.
The poor fight to breathe below them.
And somewhere in between, ten strangers are about to break everything.
A runaway heiress with a perfect smile and a life she didn't choose.
A street fighter who's learned to survive without trusting anyone.
A genius engineer building hope out of broken parts.
A doctor who saves lives in a city that profits from death.
A scientist who knows too much... and might expose everything.
A boy with power he can't control.
A girl who hides her grief beneath silence and water.
A broker who trades secrets like currency.
A corporate prince who was never meant to fall.
And a machine learning what it means to be human.
Individually, they're nothing.
Together?
They're a threat.
But Citadel-9 doesn't tolerate threats.
As secrets leak, alliances form, and the lines between right and wrong begin to blur, one truth becomes impossible to ignore:
The system isn't broken. It was built this way.
And the deeper they go, the more they realize-
Taking it down might destroy them first.
In Citadel-9, you don't choose sides.
You survive them.