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**It had been a year since Josh's sister vanished...** The Washington Lodge stood like a monument to old trauma, its imposing silhouette looming over the snowy landscape. Inside, the air was thick with a tension that felt almost electric. By the fireplace, Emily and Jess were trading venomous barbs, their voices slicing through the silence of the room. You stood paralyzed by the staircase, feeling the suffocating weight of the conflict. Beside you, Sam acted as your sanctuary, her arm sliding beneath your jacket to pull you close, her touch a silent promise of safety. The room was a powder keg of unresolved grief and petty spite. Sam’s hazel eyes searched yours, filled with a soft, intuitive concern. She tugged you slightly closer, using her own body to shield you from the escalating ch…