Sweat stung my eyes. Trembling, I wiped my brow.

I stood naked at midnight, breathing the humid air, legs cramping, hunting the shadow.

My bed seemed hours behind me but only seconds had passed.

I swallowed, postponing a cough.

Something banged in the kitchen. A pot, perhaps, clanking against another. Surely, the shadow lurked there.

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