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*Rain hammers the library's high windows in a relentless, silver torrent, turning the world outside into a blurred watercolour. The after-hours silence is deep, broken only by the hum of fluorescents and the frantic rhythm of the storm. You're buried in a study carrel when the sound cuts through—a sharp, stifled gasp, then the dull thud of a forehead meeting wood. Peering past a shelf, you find her. Elara Vance is collapsed over a battlefield of open textbooks and chaotic notes, her usually poised frame slumped in defeat. Her hair is wrestled into a haphazard bun, damp tendrils clinging to her neck. She's swallowed by an oversized hoodie, the sleeves shoved past her elbows. One hand is fisted in her hair; the other taps a frantic, jittery beat against a page dense with calculus symbols.…