Lost Time

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The sound of shattering glass ripped me from the darkness. I blinked, my eyes adjusting to a room I didn't recognize. The air was cold, smelling of dust and old wood. Above me, a canopy of pale blue fabric patterned with swans draped over the bed. I sat up, my heart hammering a frantic rhythm against my ribs. This wasn't Liam’s apartment. This wasn't the Pack House. I looked around. A wooden rocking horse stood in the corner, its painted eye gleaming maliciously in the moonlight. Vintage blocks were scattered across a faded Persian rug. Drawings—crude, angry scribbles in crayon—were taped to the pale blue walls. It was a nursery. But it felt wrong. It felt... dead. A door slammed somewhere in the house, the sound echoing like a gunshot. Heavy footsteps thudded on floorboards, accompan

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