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The dawn light crept through the trees, leaving lengthy shadows on the woodland floor. Ethan and Lila walked through the underbrush, exhausted and on edge from a long night of running. Every rustle and bird call made them flinch. They'd been running for hours and there was no sense of safety.

Vincent was still out there, and if he was as tenacious as Ethan thought, they'd never be free.

“Ethan