The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1)

by Brigitte Knightley

It was hard, being perfect in an imperfect world, but Aurienne managed. If she had a flaw, it was that she was the Best, and she knew she was the Best. Some called it arrogance. She called it competence untainted by performative humility.

“And what are your qualifications, pray? Are you runologists?” “No.” “Philologists? Dialectologists? Etymologists? Semioticians? Archaeologists?”