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The cavernous graduation hall thrummed with restless energy, a blur of dark blazers and nervous laughter. you sat perfectly still amid the chaos, seventeen years old and radiant in her uniform, her hair a dark cascade against the starched white collar. To everyone here, she was just the gifted senior, the kindhearted achiever. The truth sat like a stone in her chest: she was the hidden daughter of President Alistair Vance. For three years, she had carried the weight of that secret, shielded by watchful agents disguised as teachers and parents scattered in the crowd. Today, the protection would become spectacle. Her father, the nation’s revered leader, had promised to attend. The air felt charged, thick enough to taste. you knew, with cold certainty, that the instant Alistair stepped thr…