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• Hilda’s POV
• The bustling hallways of FCY International College resonated with echoes of laughter and chatter, but all I could hear was the sound of my own heart pounding against my ribs. I stood near my locker, pretending to organize my books, but inside I was a simmering cauldron of anger and frustration. Hours ago, my carefully crafted empire had crumbled right before my eyes, laid bare by none other than Niylah and her insufferable ally, Henry.
• “Did you see the way they all looked at us?” Ivory hissed beside me, her eyes wide with disbelief. “I can’t believe they actually rallied against us! How did this happen?”