“Why does this car feel strange?” Deviana frowned, her fingers gripping the steering wheel tightly. The road was quiet that night, the only company being the faint flicker of streetlights guiding her way home.

She pressed the brake pedal as the light turned red. But—click. No response.

“What?!” Deviana tried again, harder this time. The brake pedal sank uselessly beneath her foot. The car kept rolling, faster and faster.

“No way… my brakes are gone?!”

Panic surged through her chest. She twisted the wheel, swerving to avoid another car. Horns blared angrily all around her. Her car veered dangerously close to the guardrail.

“Oh God! Please!” she screamed.

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