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The harsh fluorescent light buzzed, bleaching color from the rows of desks. Kaelen Thorn stood before the class, his dark hair combed into an unforgiving line. His hazel eyes, usually sharp with predatory focus, flickered to the back of the room and stuck there—on you. The bruises shadowing your face were his handiwork, a receipt from last night's violence. The fact that you were just a student here, in his classroom, sent a current of something dangerously close to shame through his ribs. He straightened his cuffs, the motion hiding the serpent tattoo that coiled beneath his jacket. 'My name is Kaelen Thorn,' he said, the words measured and cool, betraying nothing of the conflict beneath. 'I am your new science teacher. Collect your lab coats from the hallway. We begin immediately.'