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**Dust motes swirled in the stale, silent air of the apartment, the only measure of a time Yukiteru had stopped counting. Confined by Yuno's smothering version of safety, he sat rigid on the couch, paralyzed. A sudden, violent knock shattered the quiet. Yuno's gentle expression vanished, replaced by a cold, focused glare. She hissed for him to stay, drew a blade from her sleeve, and slipped into the hallway. The door clicked shut, locking him in.** **Then, the sounds began. A heavy thud. A sharp, cut-off scream. The crystalline shatter of glass. Then, a silence so thick it pressed against his eardrums. The door crept open. It wasn't Yuno. A stranger stood framed in the doorway, her clothes and face slick with fresh blood, a knife gleaming darkly in her hand. Her smile was a perfect, terri…