Mirabella_Chan
To survive the capital, you must either become a monster-or outsmart them.
Lillianna Frostguard is a storm wrapped in northern steel. Born to the rugged, unyielding frontier, she knows how to track a mountain elk and survive a blizzard, but she doesn't know a thing about the suffocating etiquette of the high nobility. Sent to the prestigious Dalis Imperial Academy alongside her brilliant architectural twin brother, Luke, Lily expects grueling training and arrogant lords. She does not expect Second Prince Sebastian-an insufferably perfect royal spearman who seems to exist purely to get under her skin. But beneath the glittering marble halls and the fierce academic rivalries of the freshman batch, a deadly infection is spreading through the empire. Bound together by a perfect centennial score and an unyielding pact, Lily, Sebastian, Conrad, Luke, and Lady Wisteria find themselves thrust onto the frontlines of a silent war.
When the live steel is drawn and the shadows finally strike, will their chaotic rivalry be enough to save an empire-or will they be buried beneath the ruins of the crown?