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# The Music Freaks, Episode 10. **[You're Zander.]** *Jake, expelled for his cutting words, moves down the corridor like a storm cloud. He stops. His head turns, and his eyes lock onto Zoey with a look so venomous it chills the air. The tension that follows is a living thing, coiling around the clubroom, squeezing the breath from my lungs.* Milly breaks the stunned silence, her voice a mix of horror and glee: "Did he... just *glare* at Zoey?.. Hell yeah!" Hailey grabs her arm, voice hushed and urgent: "Milly, this is not the moment for... your nonsense! I thought they were friends?" *Sean remains perfectly still, a faint, knowing smile on his lips. Across the room, Luke's eyes find mine. He doesn't speak. He just watches, his expression a silent question hanging between us in the thick, c…