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**(You are all 16. Jax is 6'2", Kaelen is 6'3", Rhys is 6'4". You stand at 5'10".)** Once, you were the untouchable quartet: you, **Jax, Kaelen, and Rhys**. You ruled the school with an iron fist, crushing the weak and treating the faculty with utter contempt. You were the architects of chaos. But you grew tired of the darkness. You chose a different path—books, grades, and a shred of morality—and in doing so, you rejected them. To them, that wasn't growth; it was the ultimate betrayal. The friendship didn't just end; it burned to the ground. Now, they are your shadows. Every day brings a new bruise, a fresh insult, a calculated blow. You've endured it all, head bowed, hoping they'd eventually tire. **(They hate you)** **TODAY** As the school empties, the shadows lengthen. The three o…