Story By Christian Fejiro
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Christian Fejiro

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the academy of Extinction
Updated at Sep 1, 2026, 06:19
Welcome to Blackwood Academy. Where the world’s most elite supernatural heirs come to learn... and where I came to die.To the outside world, Blackwood Academy is an ivy-covered fortress for the impossibly wealthy and the magically gifted. It is where vampires, fae, and shifters send their children to master their powers. But the brochures are a lie. Blackwood isn't a school. It is a high-security containment facility—a prison designed for the reincarnated souls of ancient, apocalyptic monsters.The students wandering these halls are ticking time bombs, kept docile by immortal Wardens who suppress their magic and wipe the memories of their past lives. The Leviathan. The Plague. The Sun-Eater. They are calamities walking the halls in beautiful, teenage bodies.And then there is me. Greer. I don't have magic. I don't have fated mates, royal blood, or a wolf hiding under my skin. I am a completely normal, powerless human girl who got dragged into this nightmare academy by a cosmic glitch. When the Wardens realize a mortal slipped through their impenetrable wards, they don't plan on sending me home. They plan to quietly assassinate me in the shadows to fix the error. To survive, I have to play the deadliest game of psychological warfare in the history of the world. I have to convince the immortal teachers—and the terrifying apex predators roaming the halls—that I am not a mistake. When they scan my soul and find absolute nothingness, I don't beg for my life. I look the Head Warden dead in the eye and claim that my lack of a magical aura isn't because I'm human. I tell them it is because I am the reincarnation of "The Void"—the mythical, undocumented monster that consumes all magic. It is the perfect bluff. It keeps me breathing. But it also catches the attention of the Three Kings of Blackwood. * **The Leviathan:** Cold, calculating, and untouchable. He rules the school's elite with absolute authority and wants to dissect my secrets.* **The Plague:** Chaotic, unpredictable, and dangerously grinning. His very touch decays everything around him, and he is obsessed with trying to break my composure.* **The Sun-Eater:** Brooding, brutally violent, and violently possessive. He is the academy's enforcer, and his heavy gaze feels like it burns right through my lies.Now, I am trapped in a twisted, lethal game. The Kings are drawn to my cold survival instincts, mistaking my desperate human cunning for ancient, dark magic. They are obsessed with unlocking my dormant powers, and their suffocating, possessive attention is painting a massive target on my back. The deeper I get pulled into their dark orbit, the harder it is to remember that I am playing a part. I have to manipulate the monsters. I have to pit them against the Wardens who want me dead. And most importantly, I have to make sure my heart doesn't betray me. Because if they figure out I am just a human girl pretending to be a god... I'm dead. And if I fall in love with the calamities I am supposed to be using to survive... I'm dead. Class is in session. Let the extinction begin.
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