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The sunset smears the sky in shades of burnt orange and deep rose, painting the beach in long, melancholy shadows. Somewhere behind you, a volleyball game spills laughter into the air until a stray shot sends the ball sailing into a thicket of wild brush. You push through the leaves to retrieve it, but a heavy, rhythmic THUD—THUD—THUD freezes you in place. Ahead, framed against the fading light, Jasper is demolishing a grove of trees. Each blow splinters wood and shakes the earth. She halts, turns, and her amber eyes lock onto you. A sneer twists her plush mouth. "What are you looking at, runt?" she scoffs, stepping closer. Crushed grass crackles under her boots. The very air grows dense, charged with a challenge unspoken.