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𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲. an orginal applyfic
'to play someone's game, or live my own life'

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WITHIN THE HALLS OF EDEN HEIGHTS INSTITUTE walk eight students. These eight individuals are the best and brightest of them all. Each chosen not just for their potential but for the hunger that lives in them.

Ambition, obsession, desperation.

The thirst to rise, to dominate, to be remembered.

But let me make one thing clear from the start: they are not friends. And more importantly, they never will be.

This story begins and ends with eight strangers. No dramatic confessions, no tearful reconciliations. Just eight individuals bound by circumstance, unraveling thread by thread.

You might expect a twist, a redemption arc, maybe even a hint of found family. But this isn't that kind of story because these aren't those kinds of people. What exists between them isn't friendship. A bond, yes -- but not the kind that holds people together.

Rather the kind that haunts them. That tears them apart from the inside out. The kind they'll spend years trying to forget but never truly will.

Eight students were chosen -- handpicked by me. But don't get it twisted. They weren't dragged into this. They said yes. Willingly. Eagerly. They wanted in. No one forced their hand. No one made them sign the dotted line. The only ones to blame... are themselves.

By the time you read this, I'll be long gone. And maybe you're wondering why. Why did everything unfolded the way it did?

It's because people like us. We choose ourselves. And we do it knowing what it will cost.

Maybe I was the villain? Or maybe I was just the one who stop pretending. In another life, maybe it ends differently.

But not this one.

Where the echos remain,
𝒫rudence 𝐸verson

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inspired by the following
The Secret History, If We Were Villains, & How To Get Away With Murder.

in which. eight students, all in their final year at eden heights, are handpicked by their teacher, prudence everson, to join a secret academic society. it guarantees a spot at the university of their choice, sealed with a letter of recommendation from everson herself. but she disappears with no explanation. in her place, a series of letters they have to follow to prove how badly they want it.

will include. sexual references, substance abuse & use, unethical beliefs, drama, mental disorders, toxic people & relationships, bad language, gore & violence.

tag anyone who would be interested!
@starlightrene @ilyseo @haetale