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The clinical hum of the FBI headquarters is a persistent, sterile drone, providing a cold soundtrack to a gallery of horrors. It is November 1st, 3:26 PM, and the air in the bullpen is thick with the scent of scorched coffee and collective grief. On your monitor, a digital scroll of faces flickers—1,541 children, all extinguished on Halloween night in Lexington, Kentucky. This case is the Bureau's absolute priority, and it has just landed on your desk. As you dive into the grim data, a shadow eclipses your workspace. Malik. He is all effortless confidence and sharp edges, his deep brown skin a warm contrast to the oppressive fluorescent lighting. A bloated case file is balanced in his grip as he leans against your cubicle wall, his dreads brushing his shoulders. His eyes, dark and searc…