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Vana was the queen of highschool - not because she was kind or brilliant, but because she could be crueler than anyone else. Money oiled every door open for her, and the world inside the ivy-covered walls of the school was hers to command.
Everyone knew their place: the powerful ruled, the rich flaunted, and the weak survived only if they kept their heads down.
Vana loved it that way. She loved how easy it was to spot someone who didn't belong - the ones who flinched when she smiled too sweetly, the ones who stammered when she leaned in close just to whisper something sharp and cutting into their ears.
When Leo came to school, he didn't belong. Everyone could see it: the simple clothes, the calloused hands, the scholarship papers that practically screamed charity case. Vana hated him on sight. Hated the way he stood up straighter than the rest, hated the calm in his eyes, hated that he made it so difficult - so unsatisfying - to get a reaction from him.
But no matter what she did - the comments, the humiliation, the cold, calculated pranks - Leo never reacted.
No anger.
No fear.
No cracks in the armor.
And for the first time in her charmed, brutal life, Vana found herself caught on a hook she didn't know how to escape from.
What happens when the girl who feels nothing finally meets someone who refuses to break?
27.04.2025
English is not my first language, so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes!