The car door clicked and his world shattered. No sirens, no rescue—just the slow, cruel realization that no one was turning back. Trapped and bleeding, Ethan counted footsteps fading, laughter drifting, the echo of his own name never called. Time stretched, a punishment and a prophecy, as he begged the universe not to qui… Continues…
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