9 parts Ongoing Athena Esmerelda Evans has one rule: no one outshines her in the classroom. At the prestigious Blackthorn Academy, her reputation as the top student is everything - until Eric Lee Walker arrives. With a brooding intellect and a reputation as sharp as his mind, the new student threatens everything she's worked for. Determined to maintain her edge, Athena finds herself locked in a rivalry that's as infuriating as it is intoxicating.
But as they clash in midnight study sessions and philosophical debates, their competition becomes something more - a dangerous game where lines between rivalry and something deeper begin to blur.
In the shadowed halls of Blackthorn, where ambition and secrets intertwine, Athena must decide: keep her heart locked away, or risk it all for the boy who just might know her better than anyone.