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It wasn't his phone. It was a small, die-cast toy. A blue bike.

He looked toward the corner of the room. In the darkness, he heard the faint, rhythmic sound of a hard drive spinning up.

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Elias sat in the dark, his heart hammering against his ribs. He reached for his phone to call for help, but the screen stayed dark. He felt around the desk, his hand hitting something cold and metallic.

But in the video, there was something else. A figure stood in the corner of his room—a jagged silhouette made of static and unrendered pixels. Elias spun around. The corner was empty. It wasn't his phone

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He grabbed a heavy paperweight and slammed it into the monitor. The glass shattered, sparks showering his desk. The room went pitch black. Silence rushed back in, heavy and suffocating. He looked toward the corner of the room

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