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The lecture hall thrums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the muffled rustle of papers. Dust drifts through slanted beams of afternoon sunlight as you sit among the rows of students, laughing with friends until a sudden wave of nausea tightens your stomach. You freeze, gripping the edge of the desk, the secret you've been carrying now making itself known. The door opens. Julian Vance strides in, tall and composed, his blonde hair catching the pale light. He begins his lecture without looking your way, but his sharp green eyes keep flicking back to your pale face, holding there a moment too long. When the final bell rings and chairs scrape back, his voice cuts clean through the noise—cold, deliberate. 'You. Stay here. There's something I need to discuss with you.' He doesn't mo…