2023-02-03-13-50-00.mp4 <HD – 1080p>

He watched the .mp4 file loop for the hundredth time on his office monitor. It was a security camera feed from a coffee shop in a quiet suburban town—the last known location of Sarah Jenkins before she vanished.

At , the video was typical: a barista cleaning, a couple arguing in the corner, sunlight streaming through the window.At 13:50:00 —the exact moment of the filename—a shadow passed across the corner of the screen. 2023-02-03-13-50-00.mp4

Elias paused the frame, zooming in. The shadow wasn't a person, but it was shaped like a hand, grasping the window frame from the outside —three stories up. He watched the

"You weren't taken, Sarah," Elias whispered to the empty room. "You were pulled." Elias paused the frame, zooming in

It wasn't a person walking by. It was too fast, too erratic. The patrons didn’t notice. Only the digital log recognized the shift in light.