A chance at glory.

The Queen’s Cage.

Where the Olympians select their Chosen and pit them against each other in a battle to the death.

The Cage’s bars only open twice every five years - once for the twelve Chosen, and another for the Victor, the last one standing. The last person standing gets a surname, an imperial title, and a claim to the Emperor’s throne.

Imperial Princess Seraphina Queenscage wasn’t always like she was now. She was once simply a duke’s daughter, hailed as Athena’s Chosen.

A bringer of ruin.

But that year she stepped out, bloody and glorious.

History is written by the victors, they say.

It was probably a good thing she murdered the rest of them.

around 4k+ words / chapter, now every Thursday