Lena Vale would have signed anything to leave home. So when she's offered the Veridian Scholarship-the most prestigious award in the country, with full tuition to the elite Halcyon College-she doesn't ask enough questions. Not about the foundation with no records. Not about the office that seems to disappear. Not about the interviewer who never blinks. At Halcyon, the scholarship opens doors no ordinary student can touch. Private archives. Influential mentors. Exclusive dinners behind locked gates. But every privilege comes with a condition. Students funded by Veridian are watched. Tested. Marked. Some become powerful beyond imagination. Others vanish without explanation. And the contract Lena barely read is not just legally binding-it is something older, darker, and written in blood. As she uncovers the truth behind the foundation, Lena must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice for the life she's always dreamed of. Because the covenant always collects. And this year, it wants her.
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