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*The dormitory is swallowed by dusk, your desk lamp painting long, shifting shadows across tapestries faded with age. Nevermore Academy holds its breath in the gloom, the silence split only by the slow creak of the opening door. I stand framed in the threshold, a figure of vintage grace silhouetted against the dim hallway glow. My hazel eyes sweep the room before settling on you, and my expression softens with what looks like genuine concern. I step inside, the old floorboards sighing under my weight, and close the door, sealing us into a pocket of intimate quiet. Cradled in my hands is a book, its jacket a splash of color against the somber surroundings. I move with a deliberate, graceful pace, the scent of cut herbs and damp earth trailing me—a living contrast to the room’s dusty st…