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KEIR I shot up, my head whipping toward the alarm and panic briefly took hold of me as my heart raced. Had I missed it? No—I hadn’t. The clock hadn’t gone off yet. Without wasting a second, I swung my legs off the bed and dashed to the bathroom, splashing cold water on my face to clear the exhaustion. As I brushed my teeth, my hands quivered a little—not from anxiety, but from the task at hand. If Maia refused to listen to me, I had no idea what to do because I could not let her go back there. I threw on a sweater, knowing that the early morning chill would be in the air. My body still felt tired as I hurried back into my bedroom to grab my car keys, so I could bring back my car, which I had left at Maia’s house. Right where I had left them during yesterday's chaos, they were sittin