Episode 1 :- The Silance Beneath Valmere Academy

Rain covered Valmere Academy in silver shadows. Expensive cars stopped near the entrance while students in perfect uniforms walked through the halls like royalty.

The academy looked elegant from outside, but everyone knew secrets lived longer there than people did.

Daze Lorian walked through the corridor quietly, headphones resting around her neck as whispers followed behind her.

“She’s so rude for no reason.”

“She acts like she hates everyone.”

“Heard her family died.”

Daze ignored every word. People loved creating stories about things they didn’t understand.

She opened her locker calmly before a girl beside her scoffed.

“You know, if you smiled once, maybe people would actually like you.”

Daze closed her locker slowly and looked at her.

“And if you stayed quiet once, maybe people would tolerate you.”

A few students laughed under their breath while the girl rolled her eyes in embarrassment.

"Cold"

That was the word everyone used for Daze Lorian.

But nobody ever asked what made her that way.

That same morning, the academy buzzed with rumors.

Ares Valren had returned.

The heir of the Valren family rarely attended school, yet his name alone was enough to make students nervous. Nobody knew why he disappeared months ago, and nobody dared ask.

A black car stopped near the gates. Ares stepped out wearing a dark uniform, his expression unreadable and distant. Students instantly moved aside for him.

Even teachers looked uncomfortable around him.

“Welcome back, Mr. Valren,” the principal said carefully.Ares glanced at him once.

“You say that like I had a choice.”

Then he walked away.

During literature class, the atmosphere felt tense. Everyone secretly stared toward the back seat where Ares sat alone near the window, completely uninterested in anything around him.

“Mr. Valren,” the teacher said nervously, “would you like to introduce yourself?”

“No.”

The answer came cold and immediate.

Silence filled the room.

Near the second row, Daze continued writing in her notebook without even looking back once.

Lunch break arrived with loud conversations flooding the academy rooftop. Daze sat alone near the stairs, sketching absentmindedly inside her notebook while the wind moved strands of hair across her face.

Her only friend, Celeste Arden, dropped beside her dramatically. “The entire school is obsessed with Ares Valren.”

“Sounds exhausting,” Daze replied lazily.

“You seriously don’t care?”

Daze closed her notebook. “Rich boys with cold personalities aren’t rare here.”

Celeste laughed softly before noticing Daze staring toward the cloudy sky again.

“You always look like you’re thinking about something tragic.”

“Maybe I am.”

There was something unsettling about the way she said it.

By evening, thunder echoed across Valmere Academy. Students hurried through the halls as rain hit the windows violently.

Then suddenly the fire alarm rang.Screams filled the corridors instantly.

Smoke spread from the east wing while students pushed each other in panic trying to escape. Teachers shouted for everyone to stay calm, but nobody listened.

Somewhere near the staircase, someone slipped.

A loud crash echoed.

When Daze reached downstairs, a male student lay injured on the marble floor, blood slowly spreading beneath him while dozens of students stood frozen.

Most of them were recording.

"Disgusting."

Daze pushed through the crowd and kneeled beside him immediately, pressing her blazer against the wound.

“Call the ambulance instead of acting useless”

She snapped coldly.The injured boy winced painfully.

“I think… my arm’s broken…”

“You’re conscious, so stop talking like you’re dying.”

Even in pain, he laughed weakly.He is a little weird.

Near the academy entrance, Ares watched everything silently beneath the dim lights. His expression never changed, but his eyes stayed fixed on Daze.No panic. No fake sympathy. No fear.

She looked strangely familiar with tragedy.As the ambulance arrived, Daze stood quietly and picked up her soaked bag without waiting for attention or praise.

For a brief second, her eyes lifted toward the upper floor of the academy.A shadow stood behind the smoke-covered window watching her.

Then the lights flickered and the figure disappeared.

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