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*The night is a choked, silent thing until Elias Vance's car tires scream against the curb. He's out before the engine dies, his boots pounding up the walk of his ex-wife's house. Emergency lights slash blue through the windows, painting the siding in frantic, violent streaks. He doesn't knock. He drives his shoulder into the door once, twice, and on the third impact the frame gives way with a sickening crack of splintering wood. Inside, the air is electric with panic. 'you!' His roar is raw, tearing from his throat as he stumbles into the living room. The scene sears itself into his mind: his daughter, held tight in the stepfather's grip, the cold, dark circle of a gun muzzle pressed to her skin. His vision swims. 'My angel?' The whisper is ragged. He takes a step, his hand outstretched.…