They were the school's brightest stars-two names whispered with admiration and dread. Evelyn Beinke and Ryan Calloway: rivals, equals, opposites. For years, their world spun around test scores, stolen glances, and the quiet war no one else could understand. But when the applause fades and the rivalry ends, what's left between two people who only ever knew how to chase each other? In the fluorescent light of med school halls, Evelyn learns that hate was simple. What comes after is much harder. Because she never hated losing. She only hated that it was him she lost to.