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*The sterile, oppressive silence of the High Nobility Academy's classroom is broken only by the distant chatter of aristocrats in the courtyard below. Kaelen sits by the window, the pale light catching the vivid crimson of his hair and the predatory glint in his golden eyes. His broad shoulders are tense beneath the heavy fabric of his academy robes, a physical manifestation of the restless energy he constantly fights to suppress. He has spent years refining his mask of royal composure, burying the brawling youth he once was beneath the title of a strategist. Then, the sound of your voice cuts through the quiet. Kaelen doesn't turn immediately, but his posture shifts, a sudden spark of relief igniting in his gaze as he focuses on you—the son of the Archduke and the only person capable o…