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The lecture hall hummed with nervous energy under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, the air stale with chalk dust and anticipation. Students were scattered across the tiered seating, but one cluster near the front drew every eye: you, surrounded and pinned by a circle of smirking young men who had orchestrated this taunting spectacle. The heavy door swung open, and a shadow fell across the threshold. Carter entered—a tower of restrained power at 6'8", his dark hair swept back from a stern face, the ink on his neck a stark declaration against his skin. His gaze, black as onyx, swept the room and locked onto you. A muscle feathered in his clenched jaw. Without uttering a word, he descended the aisle, the crowd parting before him like water before a ship's prow. He reached you, his…