Gwen POV: Ping. Ping. Ping.The notifications from the I*******m app chimed continuously, steady and cold like the metronome of a death sentence. The violent vibrations from the old phone, its screen shattered within my palm, left my fingers completely numb. I didn’t dare unlock the device, yet the brief previews on the lock screen still mercilessly slashed directly into my eyes."Look at how a total mess she is, a literal toad daydreaming of swan meat.""As if Lucas would ever spare a glance for a girl like that. The biggest joke of the year at Blackwood Academy right here!"Trembling, I pressed and held the power button, forcing the phone to shut down completely. The blackened screen returned a simulated silence, but those derogatory words had already managed to embed themselves deep within my brain, clawing my last shred of self-respect into ragged pieces. The wind from the loose glass window of the late-night bus rushed in, freezing cold. I cowered in the back row, pulling the hoo
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