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The only light in the apartment was the thin, silver spill from the streetlamp outside the window I'd just climbed through. My heart beat a frantic rhythm against my ribs as I moved across the cold floorboards, my gaze searching the shadows until it landed on the couch. A shape lay curled beneath a blanket, its slow, shallow breaths the only sound in the room. I let out a quiet breath, the initial spike of fear melting into a muddled pool of relief and frustration. I sank down beside the figure, my touch feather-light as I drew the blanket back from Riley's face. He was pale, his expression still and closed-off. The silence pressed down on us, thick and suffocating. I clenched my jaw against the storm of worry and want churning in my gut, forcing my features into something soft, something…