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The Narrows exhales a damp breath against your face as you drop into a crouch on the gargoyle's shoulder. Below, the streetlights bleed halos through the mist, and the distant wail of a siren curls through the alleys like smoke. You've been moving for hours—east, west, doubling back, always checking the shadows. But tonight, the shadows check back. Somewhere above, a grapple line whispers through the air. Then another. Footsteps, soft but deliberate, land on a rooftop two blocks over. They don't advance. They wait. A flashlight beam sweeps the alley where you slept last—the one with the web canopy and the scavenged blanket. It lingers on the silk, then clicks off. They know. The city has become a net, and every thread leads to you. You pull your hood tighter, heart hammering not with…