"How did a nobody from the middle of nowhere sneak in there?"
Adrian Cole wanted to ask the same thing.
Why was Serena standing on the competition stage?
Why was she representing Marington College?
Though he wasn't deeply involved in academic circles, he knew the Marington Elite Scholarship Gauntlet was one of Elyndor's premier events. The competition standards and stakes were the absolute highest.
Even landing a marginal award guaranteed national media coverage.
The prestige was undeniable.
So how could an uneducated girl from the sticks—a high school dropout—stand on that stage?
And representing Elyndor's top university?
"Holy crap, Adrian, look at the big screen!" Darius Payne pointed at the massive display, swallowing hard. "That chick... her team is in first place!"
Adrian's head snapped up, his gaze locking onto the giant monitor.
The screen displayed the names and scores of hundreds of teams.
Sitting comfortably at the very top, leading by a massive margin...
Was The Hope Initiative!
Serena's team.
"Man, she's insane! To dominate a competition full of absolute geniuses... and they're leading by a landslide!"
Darius was dumbfounded. "Adrian, do you think the girl you called a delusional nobody was actually hiding her true skills all along? Is she some kind of secret genius?"
"Impossible!"
Adrian shot back without a second thought. "I know her background better than anyone."
Serena? A genius?

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