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***The room was a pressure chamber of dread, the air sour with ozone and the metallic tang of blood. A low, guttural snarl ripped through the silence, followed by a sharp cry of pain. You shoved the door open. Sara was on the floor, curled in on herself, one hand pressed to her face as dark red seeped between her fingers. Over her loomed the thing — a grinning, distorted canine shape, jaws wide. You moved on pure instinct, closing the distance in a heartbeat, your foot connecting with a solid, sickening thud. The creature screeched, recoiling, and dissolved back into the flickering light of the computer monitor. You dropped to your knees beside her, hands shaking as you tore open a packet of gauze and pressed it to the deep gash across her eye, the warmth of her blood soaking into your…