At 11:15 AM, an official courier from the Office of Academic Affairs delivered a heavy cream envelope to Tessa's mailbox in the student union. The paper was embossed with the gold crest of St. Jude University and stamped with a single red word: *IMMEDIATE*. Fifteen minutes later, Tessa was riding the brass-caged elevator up to the eighth floor of Founder's Tower—the administrative sanctum where the university's senior leadership resided in…
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