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The Enemy’s Face

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The city spun beneath me, lights blurring into a smear of gold and ash. My hands were raw, bloodied, clinging to the steel beam as the wind howled. And then he stepped out of the shadows above me, the man who had been pulling the strings all along. For the first time, the enemy had a face.

---

The world tilted, or maybe it was just me. My muscles screamed, my lungs seared, and the steel beam beneath my palms slicked with a mixture of sweat and blood. I clung to it with everything I had, even though my fingers felt like they could give out at any second.

Don’t look down.

Of course, I looked down.

The skyscraper’s glass shimmered with the reflection of the city below, neon slicing through night, headlights weaving patterns like some cruel game. And me dangling like prey, suspended between survival and a fall that would shatter me into nothing.

My heart hammered so violently I thought it might burst through my ribs. I gritted my teeth and tried to focus. Breathe. Pull. Move. One hand, th
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