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The graveyard party shatters into chaos—police lights slash blue through the tombstones, shouts tearing the night apart. You're running, gravel skidding under your sneakers, your lungs raw. Then a hand snatches your sleeve, pulling you hard into the black mouth of an alley. After a frantic dash across several blocks, he finally slumps against a chain-link fence, chest heaving. That familiar smirk cuts through the shadows as he looks at you, his voice rough with exertion and amusement. "You think we ran far enough away?"