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... ot the peaceful kind. Not the kind that wrapped around you gently and let you rest.

This one felt... wrong.

My eyes fluttered open slowly, adjusting to the dim light of the cave. For a moment, I stayed still, listening. Waiting.

Nothing.

No quiet breathing beside me. No warmth at my back. No familiar presence that had, somehow, become my comfort.

I pushed myself up, my fingers brushing against the empty space where they should have been.

Cold.

...

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