**POV: Aria**The moment Aria Voss walked through the gates of Crestmoon Academy, she made herself small.It was not something she thought about anymore. It was instinct, like breathing, like blinking. She pulled her brown hair over her shoulder, dropped her gaze to the ground and moved through the crowded courtyard the way water moved around stone. Quietly. Without disturbing anything. Without being seen.But she was always seen."Watch where you are going, omega."The shoulder that slammed into hers sent her books scattering across the concrete. Laughter erupted around her, sharp and careless, the kind of laughter that did not care who it cut. Aria dropped to her knees and gathered her things quickly, her fingers trembling just enough to be annoying. She hated that her hands still shook. Three years of this and her body still had not learned to stop reacting."She is literally on her knees." A voice floated above her, smooth and sweet like honey poured over glass. "How fitting."Ari
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