Ensnared
Lyria Vale thought her life of privilege was the hardest challenge she’d face—until she was chosen for Alpha Hall, an elite squad in Blackthorn Sovereign Academy where heirs are tested… and eliminated. Quite literally killed if they fail to pass academy tests.
When out on a mandatory wilderness survival camping trip, Lyria and her group are kidnapped by a rogue group of trolls.
Which is a break breach of accords between the human realm and Mystic realm. This specific tribe of trolls is suffering from an extinction threat because the massacred their entire female population for mixing with male human they considered inferior. Now they turn to kidnapping female heirs to breed with because they believe they have superior genes.
As everything unfolds Lyria discovers her growing feelings for Alaric in a place where any distractions will cost her life or the lives of the ones she loves.
Survival becomes a game of wit, strategy, and courage. In a place where every glance, every corridor, and every alliance could mean life or death, Lyria must learn quickly: in this world, power is earned, trust is a weapon, and the shadows are haunting.
Will she keep her promise to return alive to her parents or will she succumb to her impending death and become another heir in history?
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIVEThe metallic door to my suite closes with a soft hydraulic sigh, sealing the corridor behind me. Alpha Hall had been austere, almost clinical, but my room… my room is designed to impress.To signal power. To remind me of the life I’d inherited—and the expectations that came with it.The space is very expansive, immaculate, and impossibly precise. The marble floor gleams under soft overhead lighting, so polished it reflects the room like a mirror.Floor-to-ceiling glass walls like the ones in the common room framed the fog-laden gardens. The curtains are drawn, bathing the room in a muted, grey scale light.Every item seems deliberately positioned. The desk facing the window at an exact angle. A top it sits a massive computer display set all over the expansive desk. The 3x4 monitor grid with 12 monitors total representing an advanced, high-density, professional-grade workstation designed for power users who require massive, real-time data visualization, such as institutional bankers, h
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Chapter: CHAPTER FOURNo one stands first. That is the strangest part.The announcement has ended. The final echo of Headmistress Blackthorn’s voice has dissolved into the vaulted heights of the cavernous Grand Hall.Conversations have resumed in fractured bursts around us, chairs scraping marble, hushed arguments, nervous laughter attempting to pass as composure.Other tables are already rising. Some heirs clinging to one another in hurried clusters, whispering through pale lips. Others moved with brittle dignity, spines straight, faces bloodless and drawn but controlled.Our table does not move. We remained seated as if stitched into place.Waiting. For what? For who? The air between us feels taut, not frozen and stunned like the others had been. Instead it is suspended and measured.Then Alaric Veyne rises. He does not push his chair back abruptly. He deliberately does not draw attention to himself. He simply stands, smooth and unhurried, as though the next motion in the room has always belonged to him.
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Chapter: CHAPTER THREEThe ceiling soared impossibly high above us, arched in pale stone veined faintly with gold. Suspended from it were geometric chandeliers—tier upon tier of rectangular and circular structures interlocked like celestial machinery.Light fractured through them in shards, scattering across polished marble floors and silk-draped tables like splintered stars.The marble beneath my heels gleamed cream and flawless, reflecting distorted silhouettes of heirs and heiresses who stood too straight and spoke too little.The gold-embroidered chair felt heavier than it should have, its carved arms cold against my palms. My fingers trembled before I could stop them. I clasp my hands together under the table, pressing my knuckles tight until the shaking eased.I cannot show weakness. Not here. Not in front of them. My blazer suddenly felt less like tailored perfection and more like armor—stitched with expectation, lined with legacy. I lift my gaze slowly. Directly across from me.His hair falls in a c
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWOBlackthorn Sovereign Academy did not admit students.It inherited them.I have known this ever since I could remember. Only legacies are welcomed here, children of families whose names were etched into history, wealth, power.Though occasionally, in recent years, exceptions were made. The academy made some exceptions. Very rare exceptions of gifted children whose talents surpassed extraordinary bounds, were invited—but even they were tested, evaluated, measured against the standards of the Academy. Only the godly learn here. And only the exceptional taught here.The campus was situated further in after the Inverness castle that overlooked the River Ness and Old City town we left behind.It rose atop a cliff that overlooked a silver lake, the kind that reflected the sky so perfectly it looked as though the heavens themselves had descended to rest upon the water. The castle was the main visible building. Its towers, carved from imported marble and black stone, gleamed under the early mo
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONEI have been here for three days. The time has done nothing to calm the dread and turmoil inside me. If anything, time has accelerated the palpitating anxiety building it to the point of harrowing insanity.The incessant haranguing of the grandfather clock in the corner ticking away felt like chips being taken off my life. Every tick, takes away my freedom, my control over myself."Your coffee Miss Vale " I glance down at the immaculate light brew steaming away next to a platter of croissants, cheeses,strawberries, butter and whipped cream. My stomach flipped. Nauseating. My nose crinkles in disgust."Cassian, who made this?" I turn to glare at the obsidian haired boy besides me. His green eyes calmly focus on my face."The new private chef Miss." He moves to remove the utter monstrosity of breakfast infront of me. He carries the platter and awaits my orders. The displeasure is quite evident."Cafetière, a bit or caramel syrup and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Ice cubes and put it in a Hydr
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