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The school hallway stretches like a tunnel of whispers and sidelong glances. Fluorescent light flickers over your figure on the floor, a dark pool slowly spreading beneath you. Leo stands there, arms crossed, his perfect face unreadable. But in his dark eyes there's none of the usual gleam of satisfaction—something deeper sits there, almost human. He takes a step forward. "Enough," he says, and his voice slices the air like a blade. you, why is he looking at you like that?