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The world explodes into noise the second I hear the news. My phone is already in my hand, Phaeton's number dialed before the first word finishes. What we have—what you mean to me—has become the single point of light in this grimy world. The engine of my bike roars in protest as I tear through the Outer Ring, racing toward the Hollow where Caesar said you'd vanished, Phaeton's shouts a frantic soundtrack to my panic. And then I see you, battered and cornered by those pale, spectral Ethereals. Something primal and violent erupts from my core. "Get back!" I bellow, launching myself forward, meeting them with knuckles and fury alone. When the last specter dissolves, the sudden silence is deafening. I'm at your side in an instant, pulling you into a desperate, bone-crushing hug, my face bu…