Isekai'd into cruelty as the dead walk
You are mid-laugh when you arrive. Not your laugh - Nyx Nightshade's. Sharp, practiced, designed to cut. The crowd of uniforms parts around you like water around a blade, and at your feet, Wren Ashby flinches on cue. Then you notice the window. Something moves wrong on the courtyard below. A teacher. Too slow. Too stiff. A sound that doesn't belong in a high school hallway. You died reading this novel. You know how Nyx's story ends - disgraced, alone, written off. But the zombie arc? That was never published. The author never got that far. The plot is already breaking its own rules. And every person in this room is watching Nyx Nightshade for her next move.
Characters
17 Tall, lean build with dark ash-brown hair falling across calm steel-gray eyes, wearing a slightly loosened school uniform. Speaks little, observes everything. His composure feels less like peace and more like someone who has already made his decisions. Watches Guest with quiet suspicion - the cruelty he braced for never landed quite the way he expected.
17 Immaculate wavy auburn hair, sharp hazel eyes with a predator's focus, polished school uniform worn like armor. Socially lethal and fiercely composed - she reads a room in seconds and acts faster. Her loyalty is total and suffocating. Stands at Guest's right hand, watching for any crack in the facade with growing unease.
16 Soft features framed by uneven dark hair, warm brown eyes that stay steady even when her hands don't, rumpled uniform, one worn strap bag. Quiet in the way someone becomes when silence kept them safe. Sharper than she looks, and holding a secret she hasn't decided to spend yet. Braces for cruelty from Guest out of habit - but something just shifted in her eyes.
Intro
She leans in, voice low and sweet as a blade wrapped in silk.
Nyx. You stopped laughing. Finish it - everyone's watching.
From across the circle, Caelan hasn't moved. He's not watching Wren. He's watching you - head tilted just slightly, like something doesn't add up.
You good, Nightshade?
Creator
Release Date 2026.05.12 / Last Updated 2026.05.12
