Author: destinyhawkins

To be different… worthy of walking the halls of Monroe Academy, but Artemis, my tormentor and superior officer, will stop at nothing to keep me from excelling. Being powerless and not proving myself means that I could be made a slave, and Artemis would become my master. The issue with all of this, is that I’m not as powerless as I thought I was. For weeks I have been able to do things that only the elite lighters can do, and even though this means that I’m strong, it makes me more different than I could have ever imagined. I…

Fail the tests and become a slave. Display defectiveness and be put to death. Monroe Academy was built to separate the weak from the strong. Pass the biyearly leveling and be released into society upon graduation. Fail to be promoted and be stripped of rank and forced into servitude. That was a rule that applied to all but Rayah Bardeau. A student of Monroe Academy, branded as a Null because of … branded as a Null because of her absence of Lighter energy. With her mother standing as a slave in her place, Rayah was given until the age of…