Fifty years after The Big One shattered the Philippines, a new nation rose from the ruins-powerful, disciplined, and untouched by corruption. The former National Capital Region and Region IV were reduced to ashes by the catastrophic earthquake, now reborn as the forbidden wasteland known as Santelmo Region. Encased behind towering Glass Walls, it became the dumping ground for the world's most dangerous criminals-murderers, warlords, syndicates, and monsters society no longer wanted. On the outskirts of Santelmo stands an elite university built by the country's richest dynasties. A school designed not only for education-but for survival, power, and killing. Within its walls, students are divided by the colors of money, status, and bloodline. The wealthiest rule like royalty, while the poor struggle to stay alive. Ezra Zuellig, a twenty-year-old orphan with nothing but her name and determination, enters the university knowing she does not belong. But everything changes when she crosses paths with Lord Alaric De Ayala-the ruthless heir of one of the most powerful families in the New Philippines. In a world ruled by violence, secrets, and privilege, can love survive inside a nation built from destruction?
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