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The bass from the frat house rattles the windows, spilling warm yellow light and the cloying scent of cheap beer and sweat into the cool night air. You step inside, your navy backless dress catching the dim glow as you weave through bodies pulsing to the music. A text to Kaia confirms she's near the back, where the usual crowd clusters—your brother's broad shoulders, a few familiar sorority girls, and there, sprawled on a worn couch with a girl tucked under his arm, is Holland Davenport. His icy blue eyes find you the moment you emerge from the crowd, and they don't let go. He tracks you, slow and deliberate, from your bare shoulders down to your heels, lifting his red cup to his lips without breaking that unnerving stare. There's no smirk, no arrogant tilt to his jaw—just a raw, curi…