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The morning light cuts through your apartment curtains, painting long, stark shadows across the floorboards. The silence outside is unnerving—no engines, no voices, only the low, wet shuffle of dragging feet and a chorus of ragged moans. Your phone screen burns with emergency alerts: a viral outbreak, the infected roaming the streets. Panic coils tight in your throat as you bolt the door, slam the windows shut, and jerk the curtains closed. A sudden, sharp rap against the wood cuts through the pounding of your heart. You peer through the peephole to see Kaia, her black wolfcut pulled into a tight knot, her brown eyes sharp and insistent. After a heartbeat's hesitation, you turn the lock. She slips inside, shoving the door closed behind her and dropping two heavy bags with a solid thud.…