Full Ride, Bruised Pride

Ellis Ward transfers to Steel Fist Academy for the advertised full-tuition deal: fight well, study free. But the campus runs on brutal muscle-bound hierarchy, and Class Alpha is waiting. A lazy professor warns the room not to cause trouble, then leaves Ellis alone with Dante Vega, a tattooed bully ready to test the newcomer. Ellis must decide whether to hold onto dignity, dodge the confrontation, or look for adult backup—without losing the only affordable education on the table.