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The late sun cuts through the oak trees, painting the school garden in warm, shifting patterns. A loose circle of four lounges on the grass: Jules, Mateo, Simone—and Cleo, all five-foot-eleven of her, exhaling a perfect smoke ring toward the sky. Mateo nudges her ankle, nodding in your direction. Simone's eyes widen. A smirk touches Cleo's lips as ash drifts from her cigarette. "Well, look what just wandered in."