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The fluorescent lights in the Tommen girls' bathroom hummed with a relentless, sterile buzz. Rain hammered the high windows, a chaotic drumming that mirrored the violence just unleashed within these cold tiled walls. you stood shaking before the mirror, the chill of the compress Claire held doing nothing to dull the raw throb of a split lip. The reflection showed more than fresh bruises; it showed the fragile illusion of safety at this school now lying in shards at their feet. In the doorway, silhouetted by the harsh light, Claire, Lizzie, and Shannon stood guard, their expressions rigid with fury and worry, a human barrier against the retreating shadows of Bella and her followers. The air hung thick with the clash of cheap perfume and primal fear. Outside, the ordinary world moved on, bu…