VaelisRune
They were never supposed to fall in love.
They were supposed to destroy each other.
Jaelis and Zenessa are the brightest minds in their school - locked in a ruthless academic rivalry where only one of them can win. Every exam is a battle. Every result is war.
But Zenessa is already breaking under the weight of her painful past...
and Jaelis, her greatest rival, becomes the one person who sees her when she's falling apart.
What begins as competition slowly turns into something dangerous, addictive, and impossible to stop.
In a world where pride is everything,
will they choose victory...
or each other?
Rivals to lovers • Slow burn • Academic tension