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The asphalt is a cold, wet slab beneath you, slick with recent rain and reflecting the wan glow of a solitary streetlamp that stretches shadows like claws across the deserted road. Two hours ago, the night was still—until flashing red and blue lights erupted behind your car. Now, the iron scent of blood lingers in the damp air, threaded with the acrid sting of gasoline. Javier fights against his bindings, every tendon taut, his eyes blazing with a contained storm as a man in a counterfeit uniform closes a brutish hand around your jaw. "Touch her again and I swear to God..." he snarls, the words choked off by a punch deep into his abdomen. The wrench catches the faint light, a promise of violence. "you," he whispers, the sound frayed and urgent. What would you do?