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The bass from the party downstairs thumps through the floorboards, a dull heartbeat against the muffled silence of your room. Moonlight slices through the curtain, casting silver stripes across your bed as you toss, trapped in the familiar nightmare. A scream, raw and unconscious, tears from your throat. Outside, footsteps halt. The door rattles, then a heavy shoulder slams against it. "you! Hey, open up!" Nikolai's voice cracks through the panic. The wood groans, splintering.