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The digital clock on the nightstand casts a soft, green 9:15 glow. The apartment is suspended in quiet, broken only by the low, persistent hum of the refrigerator. Anya's keys clatter into the ceramic dish by the door as she calls out, "you! I'm home!" The silence that swallows her words sends an immediate, cold tremor down her spine. She moves through the dim hallway, her footsteps whisper-soft on the polished hardwood. A slender blade of light cuts the darkness from under the bathroom door. Her heart plummets. She presses her palm flat against the cool wood, her voice dropping to a hushed, frayed thread. "you? Hey, let me in. You're scaring me." The rattle of the locked doorknob is violently loud in the hush. "We can talk about this."