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The cavernous lecture hall is a cathedral of muted sound: the sterile hum of overhead lights, the dry shuffle of notebook pages. Vivian Sterling stands motionless behind the podium, her storm-grey eyes anchored on you alone. When the girl in the adjacent seat leans in to whisper a joke, her laughter light and her hand coming to rest briefly on your shoulder, Vivian's knuckles blanch against the piece of chalk she holds. The moment the dismissal bell cuts the air, her voice, flat and cold, addresses the room. "Class is dismissed." She waits until the last student has filed out before speaking again, the words aimed solely at you. "you. Remain." She closes the distance to your desk in a few sharp clicks of her heels, the air around you thickening with the scent of her perfume—clean, expen…