the privilege of being chosen

amity university wasn't supposed to have scholars.

at least, that's what everyone believed.

it was the kind of university people only saw on social media-glass buildings, luxury cars, old money families, and students who never had to worry about tuition a day in their lives.

a place built for the privileged.

a place where someone like micah julia q. lim wasn't supposed to be.

and yet somehow, she got in.

full scholarship.

full dorm.

full everything.

the first scholar in amity university's history.

nobody knew why.

not the students.

not the professors.

not even micah herself.

all she knew was that her life changed the moment she stepped onto campus.

because within days, everyone knew her name.

the pretty transferee with burgundy hair.

the girl who accidentally joined a volleyball match on her first day and walked away as mvp.

the girl who smiled at everyone.

the girl everyone wanted to be friends with.

the girl everyone couldn't stop talking about.

everyone except akia quen arceta.

student council president.

campus crush.

the untouchable girl with a cold stare and a perfect reputation.

the kind of person who always got what she wanted.

and somehow, micah kept running into her.

again.

and again.

and again.

until the coincidences stopped feeling like coincidences.

what micah doesn't know is that her scholarship wasn't luck.

her acceptance wasn't luck.

even their meetings weren't luck.

because long before micah knew amity university existed, someone had already noticed her.

someone had already chosen her.

and in a university where power means everything, being chosen by akia quen arceta might be the greatest privilege a person could ever receive.

or the biggest mistake of their life.