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Elias frowned, typing "0" to bypass it. The speakers emitted a sharp, digital screech.

Suddenly, his laptop screen began to cycle through photos. They weren't stock images. They were photos of him—taken from the perspective of his own webcam—starting from an hour ago, moving backward. In each photo, there was a shadow behind his chair that hadn't been there in reality. With every click of the slideshow, the shadow leaned closer to his neck. TestPrep.zip

The screen didn't show equations. Instead, his webcam light flickered to life, glowing a steady, sickly green. A window popped up with a simple prompt: Elias frowned, typing "0" to bypass it

The next morning, Elias’s roommate found the laptop open on the desk. There was no one in the room. The Calculus exam sat on the screen, fully answered in perfect notation. Elias was gone, but the file was still there, waiting to be sent. It was already uploading itself to the class listserv. They weren't stock images