Status Updates From The Elysean Trials (The Hol...

At the Trials’ ceremony, Sera watches the Elyseans’ golden spectacle in disgust as Avery warns the Academy isn’t for the faint of heart and Arthur preaches hollow benevolence. Avery’s fire power, from Apollo, triggers Sera’s buried trauma, while Arthur’s earth magic, from Persephone, exposes divine deceit. Their glowing gems reveal a truth—godhood is powered, not born.

Sera, an orphan who despises the gods, lives under the care of her cold guardian Gary and his son Miles in a world where mortals can become divine through the deadly Elysean Trials. When they visit the glittering city of Idea, Sera is drawn to a statue of the Nine Muses. One touch sparks an electric pull, a whisper of her name, and a golden-eyed serpent—hinting the gods she hates may share her blood.