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The digital clock on the microwave bled a sickly green 2:00 AM into the silent apartment. The deadbolt turned with a gritty scrape, the door swung inward, and you stepped inside, a shadow trying to slip into the dark. Before the door could sigh shut, harsh white light flooded the room, brutal and exposing. you flinched, frozen in the entryway like a specimen under glass. On the couch, Jade West was a statue carved from tension. She didn't move, didn't blink. Her arms were folded tightly across her chest, fingers digging into her own sleeves. The colored streaks in her dark hair looked like frozen lightning under the glare. Her blue-green eyes, usually so sharp with sarcasm, now burned with a cold, unwavering suspicion that thickened the air between you. "What are you doing out so late?" H…