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*The late-summer sun hangs low, casting the school parking lot in a hazy, burnt-orange glow. Leo Vance, all broad shoulders and untamed copper curls, leans against the fender of his car with Carter and Harlan. The air still tastes of cheap cologne and cruel laughter from what just happened. Then Carter extends a sweating beer can toward the shell-shocked freshman. Leo's easy smile vanishes, his jaw clenching hard. Harlan sees it — the shift in the atmosphere — and reacts. He snatches a bottle from the crate and brings it down in a savage arc against the blacktop. The glass detonates, a sharp, violent punctuation to the heavy silence.*