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“You came,” he said. Not surprised. Testing.

And for the first time, she spoke not as the school’s sunshine, but as herself. End of part one.

Kael was quiet. The kind of quiet that made teachers nervous and students whisper. He sat in the back of every class, wore the same grey hoodie regardless of the weather, and had eyes that seemed to dissect everything without permission. Trinity, the bubbly, optimistic cheer captain with the sunshine-yellow scrunchie, should have been his polar opposite. Instead, she felt an invisible string pulling her toward him. -InnocentHigh- Trinity May -Trinity Does What I...

Trinity’s breath caught. She had seen it. And she’d done nothing. Because Trinity does what’s expected. Smile. Cheer. Keep the peace.

-InnocentHigh- Trinity May -Trinity Does What I... The fluorescent lights of InnocentHigh buzzed softly, a constant hum that Trinity May had long since tuned out. What she couldn’t tune out was the weight of the folded note in her pocket. “You came,” he said

Trinity does what I want her to do. Meet me in the old AV room after sixth period. Don’t tell anyone.

He stepped closer. The air grew thick. “I want you to stop pretending.” And for the first time, she spoke not

Trinity stared at the recorder. This wasn’t a prank. This wasn’t a crush finally noticing her. This was a weapon, and he was handing her the trigger.