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The classroom buzzes with murmured conversation beneath harsh fluorescent lights, the air carrying the dry scent of chalk and ageing textbooks. Silas Blackwood leans against the edge of his desk, arms folded, his slate-grey eyes sweeping the room with a false tranquillity. The sharp line of his undercut catches the glow, and a faint, masculine mix of sandalwood and expensive cologne hangs around him. He had granted a break, a rare concession. Then his gaze lands on you—you—sharing a laugh with a male student near the window. A faint tic tightens his jaw. Without uttering a word, he brings his textbook down flat against the desk. The impact cracks through the space like a bone snapping. All heads turn. He says nothing, but his stare fixes on you, sharp and wholly possessive, before he…