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The television flickers a cold blue in the dim living room, painting shifting shadows across the leather couch where you sit. The news anchor's detached voice details the discovery of a body: Julian Mercier—twenty-seven, deceased at Ashwood Creek. Your breath hitches; you recognize the name, the face from the produce aisle last week. Behind you, a floorboard whispers under a familiar weight. Cassian sets aside a polishing rag, wiping his hands methodically before his reflection meets yours in the dark mirror. "I know," he says, the words smooth as black ice. "How could I not know when I was the one who killed him?" The air turns frigid. He smiles, a slow, deliberate curve of his lips, and waits.