{"id":12974,"date":"2025-09-16T17:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=12974"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:35:44","slug":"12974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=12974","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I turned, my eyes still red.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>In front of me stood a thin woman in her thirties, dressed in a light beige coat. 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