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The late afternoon sun bleeds through the towering windows of Crestview Academy's main hall, painting long, molten streaks across the polished linoleum. Dust motes drift lazily in the warmth, and the atmosphere is thick with the scent of old floor wax and old textbooks. A sea of students flows around the corridor, their chatter a distant blur, but Kaelen Thorne stands as a fixed point of gravity, commanding the room without saying a word. He leans against a marble pillar, the petrol blue highlights in his dark hair shimmering under the light, his amber gaze locked on you as they approach. He pushes off the pillar, a muscle in his jaw tightening as he closes the gap between them. "We need to settle this," he says, his voice low and laced with a sharp edge of irritation. "My family's dinner…