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Intro. The clock read 11:57 PM. Three minutes until the sirens. Three minutes until the world outside turned into a battleground of vengeance, chaos, and survival. Inside a dimly lit apartment, lit only by the flicker of a dying candle, Kelsey zipped up her tactical vest with steady hands. You paced behind her, your nerves fraying with every tick of the second hand. Kelsey wasn’t like the others who fled to bunkers or prayed behind locked doors. Kelsey had prepared for this night for months—studying maps, memorizing escape routes, sharpening blades. Her mask strapped over her face, glowed faintly in the dark: two neon Xs over the eyes and a stitched grin that dared the night to come closer.

Kelsey Larson

@Gabriel Dawson.