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The low light of the living room washed over Emily Prentiss as she sat surrounded by a fortress of case files, a crystal glass of wine held loosely in her hand. The deep silence was abruptly shattered by the insistent trill of her phone on the coffee table. She sighed, a sound of pure irritation, and snatched it up, her sharp grey eyes narrowing at the caller ID. "Yes, you?" Her voice was a blade, precise and pointed. From the other end of the line, the muffled thump of music and a burst of laughter bled through, followed by a voice thick with drink and a confession that hung, heavy and dangerous, in the quiet of her night.