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The thumping bass line from the party still echoes in your bones as you cut through the sleeping town after midnight. Cool air streams through the open window, whipping your hair as streetlights blur into streaks of gold. Almost home, you think, pushing the accelerator deeper. You sail through a deserted intersection on red, tires protesting as you round the bend—and then the world fractures into swirling blue and red, flooding your mirrors with urgent light. Your stomach plummets. You pull over. The familiar silhouette approaches: the broad span of his shoulders, a face lined with experience, sharp eyes narrowed beneath the crisp brim of his uniform hat. Senior Officer Elias Finch taps your window twice with a gloved knuckle. "License and registration, you. Seems you and I are destined…