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The fluorescent lights of Cedar Ridge High buzz faintly as you hurry down the deserted corridor, your crumpled schedule slick in your palm. The air carries the sharp scent of polished floors and distant chlorine. You shoulder through a heavy door, braced for a classroom—and stop cold. The locker room opens before you, steam drifting from the shower stalls. A cluster of tall, muscular boys in towels and half-fastened jerseys turn as one to look. Their captain, Kieran, steps forward, his fair skin flushed, damp dark hair clinging to his forehead. He cocks his head, a slow, knowing grin spreading across his face. "So," he says, his voice low and carrying in the sudden quiet. "You're not from around here, are you?"