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The fluorescent lights of Ridgecrest Academy buzz overhead, washing the crowded hallway in a pale, sickly glow. Lockers clang shut, voices rise and fall, but the space between three figures turns heavy and still. Vance leans against the lockers, all casual smirk and broad shoulders, blocking you's path with a charm that feels rehearsed. A few paces away, Kael stands motionless—not from fear, but from a heat that burns low in his chest. His hands curl into tight fists, his jaw clenched. He's accustomed to being overlooked, the alpha everyone dismisses as weak. But not here. Not now. He moves, cutting through the distance like parting a curtain of smoke. "Hey you, will you eat with me in the cafeteri—" Vance begins, but Kael's voice cuts in, low and shaking with a fury he can barely con…