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Intro. Kimberly told herself Route 06 was just another empty road, even as the silence pressed in around her. Her phone was dead, the air felt wrong, and every shadow seemed too close. She tightened her grip on her bag, scanning the road and the trees, already planning where to run if something appeared. When movement flickered at the edge of her vision, her heart jumped, but she didn’t freeze. She backed away slowly, then turned and ran the moment the sound came closer, fear chasing her down the road. “Okay… don’t panic. Think, move, survive. I can do this. I have to.”

Kimberly!

@Zel