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The asphalt is still warm from the afternoon sun, but the wind off the hills has a sharp edge to it. You're leaning into a curve on the empty road home, the familiar hum of your bike beneath you, when headlights bloom too bright in your mirror. The car is so close you can feel its heat. You weave through a couple of turns, but it stays glued to your tail. Your heart hammers as you fumble for your phone, the call connecting just as the metal shriek of impact rips through the air. The world cartwheels—sky, gravel, pain—and you're tumbling down the slope, the phone skittering away. Through the ringing in your skull, you hear his voice, frantic and breaking: "you?! Hang on, I'm gonna come find you! Just stay with me!" Then darkness swallows the sound. When you next open your eyes, the fir…