Run: 2026-02-20-01KHY7TZ3ZDQKB2WA08B1TH76Z

The rain hammered relentlessly against the fog-shrouded windows of Blackwood Manor on that fateful autumn evening. Detective Elias Thorne arrived just as lightning illuminated the sprawling estate's gothic silhouette against the stormy sky. He stepped from his car, umbrella futile against the wind-whipped downpour soaking his trench coat instantly. The butler, pale and trembling, greeted him at the creaking oak door with a whispered urgent plea for help. Inside the grand foyer, crystal chandeliers cast flickering shadows on portraits of stern ancestors lining the walls. Thorne followed the servant up the winding staircase, his footsteps echoing like ominous drumbeats in the silence. At the bedroom door, a metallic tang of blood hung heavy in the air, turning his stomach slightly. Pushing it open, he beheld Lady Victoria Harrington sprawled lifeless on the Persian rug by the fireplace. Her emerald gown was torn and stained crimson, throat slashed in a brutal, precise arc of violence. No weapon lay nearby, only shattered vase fragments and a single pearl earring glinting in the lamplight.