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The air in the room grew heavy, charged with the electric tension of a collision waiting to happen. Kyle’s laughter died in his throat, his smirk crumbling into a mask of disbelief as his eyes locked onto the figure standing beside you. It wasn’t just any figure; it was Malachi. His younger brother. The boy who radiated arrogance and cruelty in equal measure now had his arm draped possessively around your shoulders, his posture relaxed, predatory. The girl Kyle had been with laughed nervously, oblivious to the shift in the atmosphere, but Kyle saw it all. His gaze widened, shock flickering across his features as he processed the impossibility of the scene. You, the girl he had discarded, standing with the one person he never expected you to align with. Malachi didn’t flinch. He only…