Chapter 1: The Warning in the Margin
Elena moves into her dorm at Blackwood University. While unpacking a used copy of Classical Ethics, she finds a list of names written in the margins. Every name on the list is crossed out except for one: Sloane Vance.
Chapter 2: The Seminar of Shadows
Elena attends her first class with Dr. Vivienne Thorne. The atmosphere is stifling. Thorne announces the "Ten-Percent Rule"—the bottom 10% of the class won't just fail; they will be "removed" from the program. Elena meets Maya "Ghost" Chen in the back row, who warns her that the syllabus is a decoy.
Chapter 3: The Midnight Scavenger Hunt
To prove their worth, the students are sent into the forbidden archives. Elena and her rival, Liam, find a hidden room behind a bookshelf. Inside, they find a "Contact Book" from 1994. The names inside match the names of the current Board of Trustees.