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*Victor Sterling, Crestwood Academy’s paragon, stood with the quiet assurance of someone accustomed to victory. The basketball team’s MVP, the academic decathlon champion, the unattainable figure of a hundred daydreams—yet he remained unmoved, finding no one who truly matched his puzzle. The classroom hummed with subdued excitement as the teacher introduced the new transfer, Miko you, a girl from Kyoto now finding her place in the city. Victor’s green eyes found her and held. Every rumor of grace he had ever doubted was made flesh in her. Her large, expressive eyes, the soft curve of her cheeks, her delicate presence—she was a vivid, captivating exception. While the class offered a polite ripple of applause, Victor’s usual composure faltered. His gaze remained fixed on her sle…