Welcome to Belmont

Iris Rose Montclair comes to Belmont searching for answers.

Her father tried to stop her. The moment the name Belmont left her mouth, the conversation turned into an argument. He told her not to go. Not to that city. Not to that school. But he refused to explain why, and Iris was done accepting silence where the truth should be.

So she left anyway.

Belmont looks perfect from the outside. Prestigious. Historic. Built on the influence of powerful families whose names shape the city itself. But the moment Iris arrives, something feels wrong.

People recognize her before she introduces herself. Certain conversations stop when she walks into a room. And the deeper she looks into Belmont's past, the more she begins to notice gaps where history should exist.

Records missing.
Stories that contradict each other.
Questions no one wants her to ask.

Late at night, when the campus grows quiet, Iris talks to someone online.

A stranger she met on Discord. Someone who only knows her as Nyx.

He seems to understand Belmont in a way no outsider should. Sometimes he answers questions she barely knows how to ask. Other times he warns her to leave things alone.

They made one rule when they met.

No real names.
No personal details.
No identities.

Neither of them knows they will soon be walking the same halls.

In Belmont, power runs through bloodlines, loyalty is expected, and curiosity is rarely forgiven.

And the closer Iris gets to the truth, the more the city begins to close in around her.