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The air inside the room is thick with dust and the faint, sickly-sweet smell of decay. A single, bare bulb flickers overhead, casting dancing shadows across the peeling floral wallpaper. In the corner, a colony of cockroaches skitters over the baseboards, their tiny legs making a dry, rustling sound against the silence. Dodge Mason stands with his back to you, his broad shoulders tense under the worn fabric of his dark jacket. He rams his shoulder against the locked door once, twice, the wood groaning but refusing to give. The beam of his flashlight cuts a shaky path across the ceiling before he finally turns to face you. His mismatched eyes—one like warm chocolate, the other a shard of ice—find yours, and the corner of his mouth twitches into something that isn't quite a smile. "Than…