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The snow didn't just fall; it staged an occupation. By dusk, the mountain roads were gone, replaced by a featureless white void. Inside the Blackwood Lodge, Elias was perfectly content to spend Christmas Eve alone with a bottle of vintage rye and a crackling hearth—until the pounding started at the heavy oak door.

Standing on the porch was a woman shivering in a coat far too thin for a Vermont winter. She introduced herself as Clara, claiming her car had slid into a ditch a mile back. Elias, driven by a mix of holiday spirit and basic human decency, ushered her in. Thirsty_for_My_Guest-XMAS2020-v1.0.apk

The air in the lodge grew unnaturally cold. The fire, which had been roaring moments ago, died down to a sickly blue ember. Clara turned, and in the dim light, her features seemed to sharpen, her skin pulling tight over bone. She wasn't looking at the rye in his hand; she was looking at the pulse jumping in his neck. The snow didn't just fall; it staged an occupation