CLAIRE

They all think I’m mad.

The doctors. The guards. Even Aunt Evelyn, who still drops by from time to time with that pitying look in her eyes.

But I’m not insane.

In fact, I’ve never been more perfectly sane.

I am the chosen one.

Chosen by the system.

It promised me everything—brilliance, admiration, success, love.

Everything Lilith had. Everything I could only dream of before.

And for a while, it delivered.

Everything went exactly as it said. I outshone her. I became the center of every gaze, every compliment, every envious whisper.

Until she stole it.

She stole my system.

And because of that—because of her—everything began to fall...