XENIA
My joy knew no bounds as I was handed the trophy and a medal was clasped around my neck.
It had all been worth it. The sleepless nights. The endless bullying I survived. The extra tutorials I took online.
All of it had paid off. I’d won the League of Scholars competition and shown Matteo that he would never measure up to me academically, that superior genes had nothing to do with what I was deserving or undeserving off when I worked my ass off for everything I had.
The grin across my face was so wide that my jaws hurt when I saw him throw a tantrum like a spoilt brat and storm of out of the auditorium. I knew that I would get a priceless reaction out of him when he lost, but that was golden and I enjoyed every second of his pain.
The school board members were congratulating me n
