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A cold, physical hand gripped Elias’s real shoulder. He didn't turn around. He didn't have to. On the screen, the file reached its end, and the last frame was a close-up of a face he didn't recognize, smiling with teeth that looked like broken glass.

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The video didn't show a person or a place. It showed a doorway. It was a simple wooden frame standing in the middle of a white, infinite void. The camera—if it could be called that—slowly pushed forward. As Elias watched, he realized the time stamp on the video player was moving backward. A cold, physical hand gripped Elias’s real shoulder

In the video, a hand reached out from the void toward the Elias on the screen. On the screen, the file reached its end,