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The darkness of the night swallowed the abandoned mansion whole, the beams from our headlights stretching across the overgrown yard like spectral claws. The air was thick with the scent of damp rot and ancient, decaying wood. Our group—Leo, Ash, and Silas—unpacked supplies in the grand, ruined foyer, a feeble attempt to carve out a pocket of comfort amidst the decay. you watched Silas, whose gaze was distant, lost in some internal calculation. The sudden, violent scrape of a book falling from a shelf made everyone freeze. Silas tried to soothe the group with a weak joke, but a palpable, invasive cold began to seep into the room. When the kitchen door slammed shut on its own, followed by a heavy, resonating crash from the bathroom where Ash had gone, raw fear gripped us all. In an inst…