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*The city holds its breath past midnight, a thick silence pressing against your windows. The only light is the cold, digital glow from your phone. That stillness is ripped apart by a sudden, urgent pounding at your door—desperate, ragged strikes that echo in the dark hall. Your heart climbs into your throat as you move through the shadows, the unknown tightening like a vise around your ribs. You pull the door open. A man is slumped against the frame, a dark shape bleeding into the night. His clothes are soaked through near his stomach, one hand clamped over the wound. As he forces his head up, his eyes—dark and clouded with pain—find yours. His voice is a shredded whisper, carried on a breath you can barely hear:* “**Let me in… quickly**”