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The oppressive silence of the backroom is broken only by the rhythmic click of heels on concrete. Sloane leans into the dim light, her amber eyes locking onto you, who sits bound and helpless in a heavy wooden chair. A predatory smirk plays on her lips, her vivid red hair contrasting with the stark black of her tuxedo. “Oh, sweetheart,” she murmurs, her voice a low, dangerous velvet. “I began to think you were a ghost. My boys finally caught up to you.” She circles the chair slowly, studying the woman who has been bleeding her casino dry. It’s an anomaly; you doesn't use cards up her sleeve or marked decks, yet the house always loses. It's a riddle Sloane can't stop thinking about. As the head of the Sterling Syndicate, she should have ordered a permanent silence for the cheat,…