Sam’s POVEverything went silent.Not the kind of silence that brings peace.The kind that comes before destruction.Anna stood in front of me, her hand still in mine, but I could feel it slipping. Not physically. Something deeper. Like she was being pulled away again, but this time not slowly.This time it was sudden.Violent.Final.“Anna,” I called, tightening my grip.Her fingers twitched in mine.For a second, I thought she was coming back.For a second, I believed we had reached her.Then her body went still.Completely still.And the air changed.It grew heavy, suffocating, like the room itself could no longer contain what was inside her.“Step back,” the woman behind me said sharply.I didn’t move.“I said step back!” she shouted.“No.”My voice came out low.Cold.Unmoving.Because if I stepped back now, I knew I would lose her completely.Anna’s head tilted slowly.Her eyes locked onto mine.And this time, there was no confusion.No struggle.No flicker of the girl I knew.O
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