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The Red Envelope

Penulis: Tyson Roy
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-08-22 22:22:34

The envelope was waiting for me.

I noticed it the moment I opened my locker—red, thick, deliberate against the muted grey of the metal. My pulse jumped instantly. Red was supposed to mean stop in this world. A safe word. A signal. But here, it felt like a warning.

I glanced over my shoulder, half-expecting someone to be watching me. The hall was empty except for the muffled music seeping through the doors of the main lounge. My breath grew shallow as I lifted the envelope with trembling fingers
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