Aldress has always known how to succeed.
Study harder. Work longer. Leave nothing to chance.
It’s a simple formula—and for most of her life, it’s been enough.
She came to Helios Academy prepared. Years of study, hours of research, a clear path ahead of her. She knew exactly where she was going, exactly what she needed to do to get there.
And then everything changed.
Selected for a path she hadn’t planned for, Aldress finds herself starting over in a field where instinct matters as much as knowledge—and where effort alone isn’t always enough to close the gap.
For the first time, she’s not the best.
And she doesn’t know how to be anything else.
So she works harder. Studies longer. Pushes further.
Because falling behind isn’t an option.
Not when everything she thought she understood about herself is suddenly in question.