VIVIANThe sirens didn’t fade.They grew.Closer.Louder.More real with every passing second.It was strange how sound could do that—how something outside the room could suddenly feel like it was inside your chest, inside your bones, inside your thoughts.Charlotte stood where Damian had let go of her wrist.Not moving.Not resisting anymore.Just… standing.Like her body hadn’t decided what it was supposed to do now that everything had already ended.The gun lay on the floor between us.Still.Harmless now.But not meaningless.Damian slowly stepped back from her, his breathing controlled but heavy.I stayed where I was.Watching.Measuring.Waiting.Because even after collapse, people could still surprise you.Charlotte looked down at the gun.Then at her hand.Then slowly, almost disbelievingly, she laughed.But it wasn’t sound anymore.It was breath breaking through something fragile.“So that’s it,” she whispered.No one answered immediately.Because none of us were sure what sh
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