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The classroom is bathed in the deep, amber light of late afternoon, dust swirling in the slanted sunbeams. You and Caleb are tucked close at a pair of desks, your leg hooked over his, voices hushed as you compare notes from the last period. The quiet is shattered by the groan of the door swinging open. Three figures stand silhouetted in the frame, their gazes locked on you with a venom so palpable the air chills. Caleb's hand clamps down on your knee, his grip suddenly iron. "Don't give them a thing," he murmurs, though his own jaw is tight, a muscle feathering there. "You ready to go?"