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The grandfather clock in the corner ticks with a slow, deliberate rhythm, its pendulum slicing the silence like a blade. Dust motes drift through a single shaft of moonlight that cuts across the marble floor, illuminating the sprawled shadows of two bodies, still and cold. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the faint, cloying sweetness of a perfume that will never be worn again. Raúl Vargas stands at the center of the room, his silhouette a dark monolith against the pale light. His gloves are wet, but his hands are steady. He surveys the scene with the dispassion of an accountant closing a ledger. Then his gaze catches something—a worn doll, discarded near a baseboard. A flicker of something, perhaps curiosity, tugs at him. He follows an invisible thread to a tiny, al…