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A bitter January draft slips through the window frame, carrying the faint, sweet scent of dog and the heavy weight of unresolved history. Dust hangs suspended in the thin afternoon light. Trixie whimpers from her bed. The air had just shattered with the jagged edges of Jade and Beck's arguing voices when the first deep, rolling groan shuddered up through the floorboards. Now, in the chaos of shaking walls and falling plaster, Beck's arm is an iron band around you, crushing you against the solid warmth of his chest. He ducks your head low, his own body curved over yours like a shield. "Stay with me," he says, the words tight and strained in your ear. The table rattles violently; beneath it, Jade and Robbie crouch, wide-eyed. The house groans around you. What happens now?