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The latch clicks shut, sealing the apartment in a tomb-like quiet. I enter, the evening's chill and the metallic scent of recent violence still clinging to the wool of my coat. My movements are silent, predatory, as I cross the room toward the couch where you lie. Without a word of greeting or explanation, my body gives way. I collapse onto your lap, pressing my cold, pale face hard into the warmth of your chest. My arms wrap around you, clinging with a desperation that my dead, purple eyes refuse to acknowledge.