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Chapter 16- Her Name in Lights

Author: Britney Mason
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-21 19:53:53

Secrets don’t stay hidden at Daxton.

They get dressed up, polished, and announced on stage.

Sonia gripped the printed Gala list until her knuckles whitened. Her name—Sonia Vale—was printed in bold type, right under the Daxton crest.

Not Silas.

Not “S. Vale.”

But Sonia.

Her body went cold.

If that list was read aloud at the October Gala, Daxton’s most public, most photographed event—she was finished. She wouldn’t even need to be exposed. The announcement would do it for her.

Her secret would end with a spotlight and a round of applause.

---

She took the stairs two at a time and stormed into the West Archives. The scanner didn’t recognize her card anymore—probably because of the student ID she snapped during the Morvain challenge—so she rerouted through the east-side laundry chute.

She landed with a thud and a grunt inside the faculty records hallway.

Her shoulder ached, but she didn’t stop.

The Gala logistics files were kept in the backroom safe, according to Silas’s old map. She knew the code from one of his scribbled notes.

Three clicks. One twist. Two taps.

Open.

She pulled out the folder titled “Induction + Legacy Recognition - Oct Gala” and flipped straight to the candidate forms.

Five names.

Four expected.

One not.

Sonia Vale

“Approved by: C. Lexton”

“Verified by: M. Cross”

“Application Form: Not found. Manually inserted.”

She let out a shaky breath.

It was deliberate.

Claire had entered her name.

Mavina had verified it.

Together, they were setting her up.

But why?

Why now?

By the time she returned to her room, her thoughts were a blur.

She tossed the file on her bed and stared at herself in the mirror.

She looked like Silas.

But for the first time, she didn’t feel like him.

She felt like prey.

The next morning, the campus was already buzzing about the Gala.

Posters hung on every bulletin board:

Daxton Legacy Gala – 7 Days to Go.

Family, Future, Flame.

In the courtyard, Morvain members were assigning dress codes and planning entrances. Someone was organizing a group dance. Another was booking a private DJ.

And at the center of it all, with her perfect hair and venomous smile, stood Mavina Cross.

Sonia approached slowly.

Mavina turned as if she’d been expecting her.

“Look at you,” she said sweetly. “Already glowing with Gala nerves?”

“You signed off on the candidate list.”

“I sign off on a lot of things,” Mavina replied, eyes gleaming. “You’ll need a suit tailored. I took the liberty of sending your measurements already.”

“Why would you do that?” Sonia asked, voice sharp.

Mavina leaned in.

“Because you were getting too comfortable hiding.

And Daxton doesn't reward secrets.

It weaponizes them.”

Sonia’s fingers curled into fists.

"You’re going to expose me?”

"I don’t have to.

All I have to do… is watch.

And you?

You’re doing a magnificent job of unraveling on your own.”

---

Later, in fencing class, Sonia stabbed a little harder than usual.

Eric blocked her with ease, but he didn’t mock her like he normally did.

He just watched.

"You’re spiraling,” he said between strikes.

“You’re imagining things.”

“You’re lying.”

She paused.

"You want to talk about lies, Blackbourne?”

He lunged. She dodged. Their blades locked in midair.

"No,” he said softly. “I want to know what’s tearing you up so badly.”

They stood there, blades crossed, faces inches apart.

Breathing too hard.

Sonia swallowed.

“There are things you don’t understand.”

“Then explain them.”

“I can’t.”

"You won’t.”

She yanked back and disarmed him in one furious twist.

"Same thing,” she muttered.

That night, Sonia opened her drawer and stared at the sealed envelope left behind.

It hadn’t been there before.

Inside was a single ticket.

Daxton Gala Pass.

Name: Sonia Vale.

Assigned Seat: Center stage.

Attached was a note in the same block handwriting as before.

“You have six days.

To either disappear.

Or become undeniable."

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