octobersolace
It's senior year at Monterey Prep, and with the holiday season comes the school's most coveted event: the annual Snowflake Ball. Winning Snowflake Queen isn't just about a tiara - it's prestige, power, and a personal recommendation letter from the dean herself. For most girls, it's a dream.
For Jennifer Check, it's destiny.
After losing Homecoming Queen to her arch‑nemesis Regina George last year, Jennifer is determined to end senior year with one last crown on her shelf. She's gorgeous, competitive, and smarter than people give her credit for - but this year, she's also something else.
Something undead.
A botched encounter with an indie band leaves Jennifer newly turned, newly hungry, and newly dealing with the kind of heightened emotions that make high school politics feel like life or death. Literally. Her senses are sharper, her temper is shorter, and her obsession with winning Snowflake Queen is starting to feel... supernatural.
The only thing more distracting than her bloodlust is Karen Smith - the sweetest, sunniest member of the Plastics, and the one girl Jennifer absolutely cannot bring herself to compel. Karen is warm where Jennifer is cold, soft where Jennifer is sharp, and for reasons Jennifer refuses to examine, she's the only person Jennifer wants to be honest with.
But Regina George doesn't share well.
Not crowns.
Not power.
And definitely not Karen.
As campaigns heat up and secrets start to bleed through the cracks, Jennifer finds herself caught between hunger, ambition, and a girl who smells like vanilla and sunshine.
Now Jennifer has to survive senior year, win the crown, hide her fangs, and figure out why the one girl she can't compel is the only one she wants.
She has a plan... probably.