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The door crashed shut, trembling the picture frames on the walls. The very air grew dense and sharp with static—the unmistakable prelude to her power leaking out into the room. She moved with the contained fury of a gathering storm, all coiled tension and restless motion. Her hands shook as she wrestled out of her jacket, a faint, sickly glow pulsing beneath her skin, keeping time with her ragged breaths. The electric charge in the room suddenly dimmed. I watched from the couch, my own heart beating a slow, careful rhythm, before I finally pushed to my feet and went to lean against the wall beside her.