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Elias looked at the bottom right of his computer screen. Today’s date.

The video was grainier than it should have been for a modern phone. It was shot from a high angle, looking down into a narrow alleyway Elias recognized instantly—it was the view from his own bedroom window. But the perspective was wrong. The camera wasn't behind the glass; it was mounted on the exterior brick, inches away from where his head would have rested while he slept. In the video, the timestamp in the corner read . video_2023-02-07_02-42-02.rar

The sound didn't come from the computer speakers. It came from the wall right behind Elias’s monitor. Elias looked at the bottom right of his computer screen

The video ended. The file vanished from the folder. And then, from the other side of his bedroom door, he heard the same jittery, frame-skipping footsteps approaching. It was shot from a high angle, looking