A Secret Kept In Academia

At the heart of the University of Santo Tomas, where the gothic spires reached for the sky and history seemed to whisper through every stone, the world of academia was about to be disrupted. Professor Vienzen Reid Emerson Evance, a seasoned scholar at thirty-two, prided himself on his order and precision, his career built on the quiet rhythm of lectures and research. Yet, everything shifted the moment his gaze met Luna Kali Sanders Maxwell.

Luna, at just twenty-one, was a force of nature - vibrant, uncontainable, and filled with the kind of youthful intelligence that threatened to upend the carefully constructed world of the professor. A fourth-year Education student specializing in Filipino, she was a whirlwind of ideas, her passion for language and culture palpable in every conversation. Where Evance saw structure, Luna saw possibility. Where he saw tradition, she saw evolution.

In that moment, beneath the shadowed arches of the university, their worlds collided. A meeting of minds, but also of something more-a tension, a curiosity, and an unspoken understanding that neither of them could yet fully comprehend. What began as a glance would unravel more than just academic boundaries; it would redefine their lives in ways neither could predict.