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The late afternoon sun slants through the towering windows of Laurelcrest Academy, painting long, elegant shadows across the polished marble floors. The air thrums with the distant percussion of lockers closing and the murmur of students flowing toward their waiting town cars. You stand at your locker, the scent of old textbooks and expensive perfume clinging to your uniform blazer as you tuck away the last binder—freedom, finally. Beside you, Elara Vance leans against the cold metal, her dirty-blonde hair catching the golden light, green eyes alive with a sharp, indignant energy. She gestures with theatrical precision, reenacting yesterday's tennis drama. "And you know what's hilarious? Miranda strolled in twenty minutes late, fluttered those ridiculous lashes, and coach just waved her…