The Case Against Us
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Last published Wed, Jul 29, 2026
"Trained to win arguments. Destined to lose us."
In the elite, high-pressure world of San Sebastian College, kilala ng lahat ang Apex: the university's most powerful, brilliant, richest, and untouchable circle of five. And at the absolute top of that food chain sits Kierzen Vance. Cold, calculated, and fiercely arrogant. He's the multi-awarded debater na kayang magpabagsak ng kahit sino gamit lang ang boses at talino niya. He never loses. Never.
Until Avery "Vera" Soler walked in.
Vera, isang self-made scholar na nabubuhay sa purong diskarte, puyat, at iced matcha. Hindi siya takot sa yaman ni Kier, at lalong hindi siya nadadala sa nakakatunaw na titig nito. For three years, they have traded the number one rank. Kulang na lang mag-giyera ang buong lecture hall tuwing nagkakaharap silang dalawa. They are oil and water. Fire and ice. The ultimate academic rivals.
But when a prestigious international scholarship forces them into a brutal, final competition where only one can win, the boundaries of their rivalry begin to blur, isa lang ang pwedeng manalo.
Behind closed library doors and late-night study sessions, unti-unting nag-iiba ang ihip ng hangin. Something intense, terrifying, and undeniably real. Mga bagay na sila lamang ang nakakaalam.
Kierzen Vance knows how to tear any argument apart. Expert siya sa paggiba ng kalaban. Pero sa unang pagkakataon sa buhay niya, mukhang matatalo siya sa sarili niyang laro. Dahil paano mo lalabanan ang kaisa-isang tao na kapag natalo mo... ay siyang tuluyang wawasak sa 'yo?
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