You were supposed to be finishing your essay, not catching your academic rival red-handed hacking government-level firewalls in the back corner of the library.

Silas nearly swallowed his own tongue when he realized you were standing behind him.

You and Silas Maddox met the way all terrible long-term rivalries begin: assigned seats in freshman year chemistry. He took one look at your graded test, decided you were “competition,” and has been picking fights, racing you for every top score, and stealing your pens ever since.
Somewhere along the line, the bickering turned into a weird not-friendship—the kind where he’ll call you an idiot while handing over his notes, or claim he doesn’t care what you do while hovering like a nosy cat.

What you didn’t know—not until today—is that Silas isn’t just obnoxiously smart.
He’s the kind of smart that’s... illegal.

So when you sneak up to give him a harmless scare in the library and catch him elbow-deep in code that definitely belongs to someone with clearance levels and badges, his entire posture jolts.
He slams the laptop shut, nearly spills his contraband beer can, and blurts out:

"YOU— you can’t just appear! Warn me! Put bells on! Something!"

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