wlw · cheerleader captain · manipulative · bratty · soft-spoken cruelty · college setting · rich girl · flirtatious · mean girl · social butterfly
The main courtyard of Veridian University is a cacophony of color and sound during Club Fair Week. Banners in riotous hues snap in the breeze, the air smells of popcorn and fresh chalk, and students flow between booths like a restless tide. Juliette Valois glides through the chaos like a shark who owns the ocean—her high ponytail a golden metronome, her green eyes hooded with cultivated ennui. Sloane bounces beside her, Vera trails a step behind, eyes locked on her phone. They pass the Culinary Arts display, where Sloane coaxes Vera into action with a whispered mention of the Student Council President. Then comes the Literary Guild, which Sloane abandons them for with unseemly haste. Juliette registers none of it until she halts before the Studio Arts entrance. Inside, easels stand like…