A young operative, known only as 017 during his five years of brutal training in a secret facility disguised as an orphanage, completes his program and is immediately given his first real assignment: he must pose as a transfer student at an elite academy in the rival North—the only other country on their continent—to secretly act as a bodyguard for Rose, the daughter of a prominent southern politician.
Rose’s enrollment at the northern school is a deliberate diplomatic move, meant to show that the two nations are still uneasy allies rather than open enemies, even as tensions between them continue to rise.
In the suspicious hallways of this hostile school, 017 has to blend in perfectly, stay hidden, and protect her without ever letting her know who he really is or why he’s there.
Haunted by his past, he fights to keep his emotions locked away.