Thirty-five women compete for the chance of the lifetime. For a crown. For glory.
For Prince Percy Jackson.
Prince Percy Jackson has turned eighteen, and thus, a new selection begins. Percy can't stand the spotlight. He doesn't like the attention, nor does he enjoy the responsibility. He is simply a new adult, one that carries the burden of a country on his shoulders. The time for him to choose a wife has finally come, yet he can't make himself excited. He doesn't connect with anyone, until one blonde-haired, gray-eyed girl knees him in his soft spot and spits on him. Percy then finds himself not being able to shake the stubborn young woman from his mind.
Annabeth Chase is poor, without a proper family, and has no one to confide in. Her life is miserable, full of goads and abuse from her step-mother, who blames Annabeth for her father's death. When Annabeth is on the brink of death, she finds a sliver of hope, something that can take her away from her horrible reality. The price? Annabeth's very own morals and soul. She must sell herself to her kingdom-compete for the hand of a Prince that she doesn't want and the crown that she refuses to sit under.
She must compete in the annual Selection.
Little does she know, her life is about to be turned upside down. She could never imagine falling for a Prince. She doesn't even like the Prince like other girls, yet she is about to find herself tripping head over heels for Prince Percy, despite everything in her that yearns to rebel.
Annabeth's spark of rebellion will soon catch, raging into an inferno that can either destroy the kingdom she knows . . .
Or recreate it.
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.