The first thing they noticed wasn’t the body. It was the silence. Not the ordinary kind of silence that fills empty rooms or late-night streets, but something heavier—like the air itself had been pressed down and sealed shut. The kind of silence that makes even your thoughts feel too loud. Officer Dario Kehl was the first to step over the broken gate of the abandoned estate on the edge of town. The property had no real owner anymore, at least none anyone could trace. Locals called it “Harrow House,” though no one remembered why. It had stood empty for years,...
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