The power died so fast it felt like the house exhaled.Every light went out at once. The hum of the refrigerator, the faint ticking of the wall clock, the soft buzz from the hallway bulb all vanished into a sudden, suffocating quiet. What remained was a thick, velvet darkness that felt alive, pressing against their skin, filling every inch of air between them.For a second, Alessio thought his ears were ringing. Then he realized it was his own pulse, loud and jagged. He could almost feel it in his teeth.“Noa,” he said quietly.“I’m here.”The voice came from just behind him soft, shaking, like a whisper through fog. A hand brushed his back, searching for something solid to hold on to.“Stay close,” Alessio murmured, his tone low, the kind that could command a room and comfort someone in the same breath.He moved by memory, not sight, through the living room. The air carried a strange draft curtain fluttering faintly, though the windows had been shut earlier. The scent of cold air m
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