At Leo Aureum Military Academy, honor is everything. Stephanie Alexander has none. At Leo Aureum Military Academy, they teach discipline, loyalty, and sacrifice. They never teach mercy. Stephanie Alexander knows this better than anyone. Labeled a traitor before she was old enough to defend herself, she's become the academy's favorite target. Every hallway is a battlefield, every classroom another test of endurance, and every day she survives is another day she refuses to let them win. Then River Solaris transfers in. Powerful. Untouchable. Mysterious. When he unexpectedly singles Stephanie out, the academy's fragile balance begins to crack. Friendships fracture. Alliances shift. Buried secrets threaten to resurface. In a place built on honor, everyone is hiding something. And the truth may be deadlier than the war they're training to fight.