The hallway was too quiet.Not the normal kind of quiet.Not peace.This was the kind that came right before something broke.Emily could feel it in her chest.A slow, creeping pressure.Like the walls themselves were watching.Alexander moved first.Always first.His hand lightly caught her wrist—not to control, but to guide.“Stay close,” he said.Emily didn’t argue.She stepped in sync with him, her senses sharp, every sound amplified.Their footsteps echoed faintly across the empty corridor.Too loud.Too exposed.“Someone wanted us trapped,” Emily said under her breath.Alexander nodded.“Yes.”No hesitation.No doubt.“They knew the elevator,” she added.“They knew our timing.”Alexander’s eyes darkened slightly.“That means…”“…someone inside,” Emily finished.Silence followed.Heavy.Because they both knew—That was the worst kind of enemy.Not outside.Not visible.But hidden.Watching.Waiting.Alexander’s phone buzzed.A message.He glanced at it quickly.Then stopped walki
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