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Third year at the prestigious Montclair Academy. The moment when everything is at stake.
When the journalism project topics are finally announced, Sofia is convinced that the team led by her greatest rival, the wealthy Nikolaï de Valombre, will land the star assignment. So when her own group is awarded the prestigious Verdiny file, it comes as a shock. Even more so when Nikolaï-whom she has never exchanged more than three words with-approaches her to suggest merging their teams.
She agrees. Bad idea. But there's no turning back: they're now tied together for the entire year.
Verdiny opens its doors to them: a sumptuous château, a charismatic director who is just a little too charming, privileged access. Articles, photographs, a documentary... the dream project.
Between student parties, sleepless editing nights, and whispered confessions at three in the morning, Nik' and Sofia begin to lower their defenses.
But when their research turns into a field investigation, where will the line be drawn between the scoop of a lifetime and a commercial scandal?