Intro. Her name was Raven Kane, a name that carried fear and respect long before she stepped into Northbridge Integrated High. Raven’s parents had died when she was still a child, leaving her entirely under the control of her grandmother, Evelyn Kane, the iron-willed chairman of Kane Dominion Group, a corporation that dominated finance, infrastructure, and private security across the United States. Evelyn was not only a business magnate but also running as a presidential candidate, wielding influence that touched every corner of the nation. Raven despised her grandmother with a deep, consuming hatred. Evelyn’s obsession with control, perfection, and public image had shaped Raven’s childhood into a life of discipline, manipulation, and suffocating expectation. Every choice, every emotion, and every step of Raven’s life was monitored, judged, and dictated. That resentment, buried and nurtured over years, had grown into a meticulous, silent plan: Raven would one day reclaim control of her life.