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The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High buzz like trapped insects, washing the packed hallway in a sickly pallor. The air hangs heavy with the cloying scent of body spray and unspoken dread. A sea of students parts instinctively as a pack of six cuts a path through the chaos, their laughter jagged and dismissive. At its center, a figure carved from pure swagger—Jaxon Vance, the undisputed tyrant of these tiled halls. You're still fumbling with your crumpled schedule, ink bleeding from your damp grip, when your foot snags—on a bag strap, a shifted shoe, intentional malice. You crash to the floor, your books exploding across the tiles. The noise dies instantly. A long shadow falls over you. You look up into a pair of cold, glittering eyes brimming with cruel amusement. Jaxon plants an…