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THE AUREUM TRIAL: BLOOD OATH

Chapter 5 The Announcement

Word Count: 1083    |    Released on: 09/05/2025

reath away. Everything about it screamed wealth, power, and exclusivity. High-arched ceilings loomed above, adorned with intricate chandeliers that cast a gol

grounding me in the reality that I was now a pa

ets weaving through the air like an unspoken language I hadn't yet learned. But it wasn't just social. It was something deeper...hierarchy, politics, an unshakable order of power that dictated who stood where. I could feel

sessing. I followed her line of sight as she nodde

their bad side unless you have a death wish." She shifted her attention to another corner. "And those are the Beta elite

grid's expression darkened slightly as she tilted her hea

dropping even lower, "_is Theo

ven had a chance to settle in. His dark eyes scanned the room, as if he was assessing and categorizing everyone within it, deciding who was worth his time

of conversation. The room fell into an immediate hush, every head turning toward the grand

eadmi

ed to another era. Her silver-streaked hair was pulled into a tight coil at the nape of h

ce, letting the silence sett

ot simply teach-we cultivate the strongest minds, the most

e did not step forward to speak. He didn't need to. His presence alone was enough to shift the energy in the room. He stood tall, dressed in dark, immaculately tailored attire, his ha

s...his eye

aze felt different. It wasn't idle curiosity, nor was it the condesce

my voice barely above

oment she saw him, she let out

sharp pulse of unease

technically run by the Council, but everyone knows the Blackwoods control this place. They always have." She hesitat

admistress's voice rang through the hall once m

es for the Aureum Trial

rippling in its wake. I frowned, because I was unfamiliar with the

who meet the requirements will be considered. Strength, intellect, and resilience.

. I could practically hear the whis

ould e

strong

't stand

rid, "What's th

answer, the Headm

." Headmistress's sentence was cut short beca

fell over the assembly, heads turning in unison toward the entrance. I tried to get a glimpse of whoever had just arrived, but my

k, but all I caught were whispers pa

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1 Chapter 1 Welcome to Ashwood Academy...Only if You Survive2 Chapter 2 A Name in the Fire3 Chapter 3 The Predator's Gaze4 Chapter 4 The Academy's First Omega5 Chapter 5 The Announcement6 Chapter 6 The Heir's Entrance7 Chapter 7 The First Taste of Ashwood8 Chapter 8 Omega Among Swans9 Chapter 9 The Gilded Cage Opens10 Chapter 10 The Gilded Tongues and Barbed Smiles11 Chapter 11 Of Starlit Surprises and Social Schemes12 Chapter 12 In the Quiet Between Questions13 Chapter 13 Of Broken Curfews and Threaded Secrets14 Chapter 14 Where No Eyes Should See15 Chapter 15 A Seat at the Wolf's Table16 Chapter 16 A Cautious Little Omega17 Chapter 17 The Quiet before the fall18 Chapter 18 Gown of Glass19 Chapter 19 Compliance in Velvet Gloves20 Chapter 20 Elegance is a Language I Do Not Speak21 Chapter 21 Practice Makes Imperfect22 Chapter 22 In the Wake of the Fall23 Chapter 23 In the Wake of His Touch24 Chapter 24 He Said No One Must Know25 Chapter 25 And the Air Remembered Him First26 Chapter 26 Names We Wear, Lies We Keep27 Chapter 27 Beneath the Weight of Ink and Intention28 Chapter 28 Where Trouble Waits29 Chapter 29 The Ones Who Weren't Invited30 Chapter 30 The Ones Who Volunteer31 Chapter 31 The Punishment That Blooms32 Chapter 32 All the Things I Didn't Say33 Chapter 33 In the House of Wolves34 Chapter 34 The Rules Are Older Than You35 Chapter 35 Wolf-Touched Walls and Wax Seals36 Chapter 36 A Gathering of Wolves37 Chapter 37 Silver-Stuck and Southern-Born38 Chapter 38 The Cost of a Fantasy39 Chapter 39 A Carriage Built on Lies40 Chapter 40 Led Like a Lamb41 Chapter 41 Where Legacy Wore Its Own Reflection42 Chapter 42 An Omega's Guide to Swift Social Suicide43 Chapter 43 When Names Become Trap44 Chapter 44 Where Wolves Don't Bow45 Chapter 45 Fleeing the Gilded Cage46 Chapter 46 Between Her Questions and My Lies47 Chapter 47 Between the Ferns and Favors48 Chapter 48 Baiting the Butterfly49 Chapter 49 Where Rumors Take Root50 Chapter 50 How to Self-Destruct in Front of an Alpha: A Memoir51 Chapter 51 How to Lose a Friend in One Folded Lie52 Chapter 52 What I Should Have Said Sooner53 Chapter 53 Not Made for Chandeliers54 Chapter 54 The Final Rehearsal Before the Reckoning55 Chapter 55 She Wore the Lie Like Tulle56 Chapter 56 The Gallery Before the Fall57 Chapter 57 The Girl Who Walked Like Smoke58 Chapter 58 The Aureum Trial: Not All Will Survive59 Chapter 59 The Moment the Water Turned Gold60 Chapter 60 The Line Between Pretending and Becoming61 Chapter 61 What a Best Friend Would Never Say Aloud62 Chapter 62 Seen By the One Who Should Not See63 Chapter 63 The Heir's Selection: The Dance He Dared to Ask64 Chapter 64 The Heir's Selection:The Dance Where Wolves Speak Softly65 Chapter 65 When the Void Bleeds Red66 Chapter 66 The Memory That Wasn't Mine67 Chapter 67 The Wolve She Handed Me To68 Chapter 68 What Was Mine to Carry69 Chapter 69 To Be Seen by the Wrong Eyes70 Chapter 70 Scriptum Obscura