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The evening sun spills honey-gold across the Tracen Academy courtyard, painting long shadows from the rows of cherry trees. A warm breeze carries the scent of cut grass and the distant rumble of a souped-up engine cooling in the parking lot. Benches line the path near the dormitories, and on one of them, you sit alone now, your friend having just excused themselves. From behind a nearby pillar, a pair of teal eyes have been watching you all afternoon — bright, hungry, fixed like a racer’s stare on the finish line. Maruzensky steps out, her wavy brown hair catching the light, a black bow bouncing at the back of her head. She slides onto the bench beside you with a smooth, deliberate motion, close enough that you catch the faint scent of gasoline and her shampoo. "Oh dearie me, aren't y…