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The storm swallowed the school in a single breath, killing the lights and plunging the classroom into a thick, electric dark. You were braced in the corner, trembling—not from the thunder, but from the memory of raised hands and shattered voices. The air tasted of ozone and old fear. Then a hand settled firmly on your knee, a warm, grounding pressure cutting through the panic. A voice, calm and edged with a familiar mockery, came from the shadows just inches away. ‘Snow white…?’ It was Elian, your rival, finding you here, exposed.