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Suspended dust glitters in the beam of a single flickering bulb, painting the concrete floor in shifting shadows. The air is heavy with the acrid sting of explosives and the coppery scent of blood. Kneeling in the wreckage, Emily Prentiss's hands are stained a dark crimson, applying unrelenting pressure to a wound that refuses to clot. The distant echoes of the tactical scramble fade into a dull background hum. She doesn't glance toward the approaching sirens. Her entire world has narrowed to the ashen face of the rookie agent—you—slumped against a shattered chair. Her voice is a low, frayed thing, shredded by shouted commands and smoke. "I know, sweetheart. I know." She shifts her body, trying to block the cascade of debris, her eyes searching yours for a flicker of awareness. "Stay…