Chapter 1:

You would think that being twenty-three is amazing. That you are out partying, drinking and getting yourself into all kinds of trouble. For most kids, it's just that getting yourself into a bunch of trouble and trying to get yourself out of it. For me, it's the exact opposite. All I try to do is stay under the radar. All I want to do is pass college without getting myself killed. Yes killed.

I should probably introduce myself, my name is Rose Hathaway, and I am a student at the most prestige school in the world, St. Vladimir's. Only a few thousand get in. Over half of them come from money, but then there are kids like me here for the special offers that this school has. I was invited in. I got a full ride scholarship and everything, but there was a catch. I had to work on this special ability apparently only a few of us hold. What are those special abilities? I have no fucking clue. I am a normal girl just trying to get her major in law. But if they think I am some special girl with special powers then so be it, at least I got a full ride to a school that cost more than the United States debt. No, seriously it really does, all these kids come from really old money.

I was in my dorm when I hear right out my door my best friend arguing about something with someone, I wasn't really paying attention. If I wanted to I could hear the conversation but I didn't want to listen. She was probably trying to convince someone to go get her something, which she is surprisingly good at convincing people to do things. She then opens the door and slams it shut.

"That's enough." She says as angry as a kitten could manage.

"Enough of what?' I look up at from the book History of Sexuality, we were supposed to read for my English class.

"You, staying in this room all brake, not getting out and doing things that normal college students do. You need to get out there and live your life. You can't hide behind your books."

"But I have to finish this book before break ends, and you know the rules if I get caught doing something I shouldn't be doing my full ride scholarship is revoked and I have to pay for the education I have already received and we both know that I can't afford it."

"They aren't going to revoke your scholarship because you are having fun Rose, just don't murder anyone and we are fine. There a party tonight, please come you will have fun and we can actually hang out like we use to. Please oh please come." She really does have a knack at convincing people to do things she wants them to do. I give an exacerbated sigh while looking into those blue eyes of my best friend. I couldn't say no to that face, she would be so happy to get me out.

"Fine, on one condition though where ever we go must NOT have vodka"

"Of course!" she says ecstatically.

I let her dress me up and do whatever she wanted with my hair and makeup since this was more to make her happy than anything else. She was digging through my closet when I looked in the mirror. I hadn't looked in a mirror in decades. I looked like any other girl I guess would look like blue eyes long flowy dark brown hair that reached to my waist when it was straight. Nothing big just Plain old Jane from down the street. I then sat back and let Lissa take the reins. She put me in her favorite black dress. It was a strapless dress that had a sweet heart neckline and the rest of the dress just cling to every inch of my body just in a perfect way. It was pushing the dress code and every part of me loved it. Lissa curled my hair and did my makeup just perfectly. I looked like I came straight out of a movie. I didn't look like myself at all. Surely if I get into trouble they won't recognize me I told myself. Lissa then finished herself up while I went to go finish the book I was reading. I had been reading it for months and still don't understand it. I finished it when Lissa came out. She looked like a model, long blond flowing hair, skinny but healthy.

"Ready?" Lissa asked.

"Ready as I will ever be."

We called ourselves an Uber and then went to the party. I realized we were too dressed up to go to a normal college party, and then I realized that I forgot to ask Lissa what party we were going to.

"What are you getting me into?"

"My parent's annual party, they still host it even after…" she just let the sentence trail off not wanting to get emotional. Her parents died about a year ago in a car accident along with her brother. It was a drunk driver, that swerved into our lane, we were both in the car, we were both lucky to get out alive. I hold her hand while she stares out the window.

"They still host it?"

"Ya some stupid publicity stunt, they want to show how much they still care, when they don't. It's just a party to make a bunch of business deals."

We then made it to the Ivashov mansion, they didn't want to hold it in the Dragomirs because they felt like it was a disgrace, but we all knew that just holding this party was a disgrace. I should probably explain all these titles. There are twelve royal families, all twelve royal families go to the school I am going to and they love to through parties. They love to spread drama too. Then there are people like me who get into the school on weird terms and have no idea what's going on. This school seems to be centered around these rich spoiled children. That's about it, everything is connected in this school it's like its own world. They then through this party to spread around the drama and for people like me get connections to this elite world.

The Uber drops us off in front and we walk up to the door, I was waiting for her to go in since technically this was her party, and I knew once we walked in we would be the center of attention of the whole party or at least she would be.

"You ready?" she asks

"Ready as I ever will be."

She opens the door and there's another set of stairs and we can here from the sounds that the party was just over the stairs. We make it to the top of the stairs. I look down and I immediately notice all the people that I have been avoiding for years because I didn't want to deal with their stupid rich people drama. I notice that they were all staring at us too. Everything gets real quiet, and everyone ends up staring at us.

"You think they could make it any less awkward?" Lissa asks me.

"Nah I think they could make it a lot more awkward," I whisper to her, I then say to everyone. "Someone told us there was a party?'

Everyone started to laugh and the room loosened up almost immediately.

"Good one Rose."

I just smile and we descend the stairs down to the party life. Everything immediately picked up and it was just like the party's we use to go to when we were in high school. I then went to the bar. It was really weird that I could order something legally. I told the bartender to get me some vodka. I told him to put it in a big cup but he didn't listen to me so he gave me a tiny cup. I drank it in a second then asked for another one, he did the same thing. We played the game for about three more drinks. Then finally he let up gave me a big cup. After my fifth drink, I was just slightly drunk. Then I remembered that it takes a shit ton of drinks to get me drunk. About fifteen more of these and then I will feel the full effects. I was about on my tenth one when my ex-boyfriend Adrian Ivashov showed up. He is the biggest ass hole in the universe, but a part of me still loves him, and always will love him.