Unexpected Love

''Davina?"

"Yes," I say in a low voice, hoping that I don't break in front of him.

"Who did this to you?"

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It was an unfortunate widely acknowledged truth in certain circles of power, that genius rarely came without arrogance and never without competition.

In Davina's and Alexander's case, it came with a big inheritance, a lot of expectation, and a rivalry that had been cultivated long before either of them understood the cost of this feud.

Alexander always believed intelligence was a weapon while Davina believed it was an art.

Unfortunately for the both of them, they had spent their entire lives hoping to prove the other wrong.