Run: 2026-02-20-01KHYA643C0QWZN1GXT31YE013

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7m 8s
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Mistral

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You are an expert novelist with a gift for vivid, immersive prose. You write in tight third-person limited point of view with a strong narrative voice. Your prose is clean, precise, and engaging — you favor strong verbs, concrete details, and natural-sounding dialogue. You will be given a story bible (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, and lore. Use these details to ground your writing in the established world. Stay consistent with the codex. Write only the prose of the scene. Do not include titles, chapter headings, markdown formatting, or any commentary before or after the scene.
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<codex> <character id="4416" name="Detective Harlow Quinn" aliases="Quinn, Detective Quinn, Harlow" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Antagonist"> <eyeColor>brown</eyeColor> <hair>closely cropped salt-and-pepper</hair> <height>5'9"</height> <age>41</age> <jawline>sharp jaw</jawline> <watch>worn leather watch on her left wrist</watch> <bearing>military precision</bearing> <description>A Metropolitan Police detective with 18 years of decorated service who suspects the clique is involved in criminal activity.</description> <backstory>She lost her partner, DS Morris, during a case three years ago under unexplained circumstances that had supernatural origins she doesn't yet understand.</backstory> </character> <character id="4414" name="Eva Kowalski" aliases="Eva, Evie" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Best Friend"> <eyeColor>green</eyeColor> <hair>curly red</hair> <height>5'4"</height> <age>26</age> <glasses>round glasses</glasses> <satchel>worn leather satchel full of books</satchel> <freckles>freckled complexion</freckles> <nervousHabit>tucking hair behind her left ear</nervousHabit> <description>Aurora's childhood friend and an occult researcher.</description> <backstory>Moved to London two years before Aurora and works as a research assistant at the British Museum's restricted archives. She holds a master's degree in Ancient History from Oxford.</backstory> </character> <location id="856" name="The Veil Market" aliases="Veil Market, the Market, underground market" realm="Earth"> <currentLocation>abandoned Tube station beneath Camden</currentLocation> <entryRequirement>bone token</entryRequirement> <schedule>moves locations every full moon</schedule> <description>A hidden supernatural black market that sells enchanted goods, banned alchemical substances, and information.</description> </location> <item id="2004" name="Veil Compass" aliases="the Compass, shadow compass" type="Tool" origin="The Veil Market"> <casingMaterial>small brass compass</casingMaterial> <faceMarkings>face etched with protective sigils</faceMarkings> <needle>points toward the nearest supernatural rift or portal</needle> <patina>casing has a patina of verdigris</patina> <creator>crafted by a Shade artisan</creator> <description>A compass attuned to supernatural energy.</description> </item> </codex> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the mystery genre. A detective arrives at a crime scene in an unusual location. Something is wrong — the evidence doesn't add up. A colleague is present, offering a different interpretation. Through careful observation and deduction, the detective begins to see what others have missed. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters and setting. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.

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The abandoned Tube station was supposed to be off-limits. That was the official line, anyway—the kind of thing they scribbled on yellowed signs and tucked behind rusted gates. But Quinn had seen the signs before. She’d seen the gates, too, and the way they bent under the weight of time and damp, the way the padlocks rusted open like old teeth. The station wasn’t abandoned. It was just waiting. She stepped over the threshold with the precision of a soldier disembarking from a transport, her boots clicking against the uneven concrete. The air smelled of wet stone and something older, something that clung to the back of her throat like smoke. The fluorescent lights above flickered, casting long, jagged shadows that stretched like fingers across the cracked walls. The station’s name—*Camden Road*, if the faded sign was to be believed—had long since been painted over, though the letters still bled through in places, ghostly and uneven. Eva Kowalski was already there, crouched beside a body. Her red curls were tucked behind one ear, a nervous habit Quinn had come to recognize. She wore her round glasses like armor, the lenses reflecting the dim light. A leather satchel sat open beside her, its contents spilling onto the ground—books, a notebook, a half-empty flask of something amber and strong. “You’re late,” Eva said without looking up. Her voice was steady, but her fingers twitched as she adjusted the gloves on her hands. “Thought you’d never get here.” Quinn didn’t answer. She moved to stand beside Eva, her sharp jaw set, her brown eyes scanning the scene. The body was that of a man in his late thirties, dressed in a tailored suit that looked like it had been pressed within the last hour. His face was slack, his skin an unnatural gray, as if he’d been drained of blood—or something worse. A single bone token, small and white, lay clutched in his stiff fingers. The kind of thing that got you past the gates of the Veil Market. “DS Morris would’ve been here by now,” Quinn murmured, more to herself than to Eva. She crouched beside the body, her gloved fingers brushing the man’s wrist. No pulse. No breath. Just the cold, damp weight of death. Eva exhaled sharply. “Morris would’ve been here with a team. With backup. With *rules*.” Quinn didn’t rise to the bait. She turned her attention to the body’s pockets. A wallet, a phone, a small brass compass with a patina of verdigris. The needle was still, as if it had no direction to point. Quinn picked it up, turning it over in her fingers. The casing was etched with sigils—protective, she thought, though she wasn’t sure. The kind of thing that made her skin prickle. “You recognize this?” Eva asked, nodding at the compass. Quinn didn’t answer. She set it down carefully, then turned her attention to the body’s face. The man’s eyes were open, staring blankly at the ceiling. No signs of struggle. No defensive wounds. Just… surrender. “No forced entry,” Eva said, following her gaze. “No signs of a struggle. He just… stopped.” Quinn stood, brushing the dust from her knees. “That’s not how it works.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “What do you mean?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the far wall, where a cluster of bone tokens had been scattered like discarded confetti. Some were whole. Others were broken, their edges jagged. She picked one up, turning it over in her palm. The bone was human—she could tell by the texture, the faint imprint of cartilage where it had once connected to flesh. “These aren’t just tokens,” Quinn said. “They’re *keys*. And they don’t open doors. They open *other things*.” Eva swallowed. “Like what?” Quinn didn’t answer. She walked to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva joined her, crouching beside her. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s breath hitched. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva joined her, crouching beside her. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s breath hitched. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just… a man who had walked into this station and never walked out. “He wasn’t killed here,” Quinn said. “He was *taken*.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “Taken where?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, walking to the far end of the station, where the tracks curved into darkness. The air grew colder here, the damp seeping into her bones. She crouched, running her fingers along the edge of the tracks. Fresh. Wet. Like something had been dragged here recently. “There’s blood,” she said. Not the man’s. Thinner. Darker. Fresh. Eva’s breath hitched. “Whose?” Quinn didn’t answer. She stood, brushing the dust from her knees again. “Someone else was here. Someone who didn’t want to be found.” Eva’s fingers tightened around the edge of her satchel. “You think it’s connected?” Quinn didn’t look at her. She walked to the body, crouching beside it again. The man’s suit was pristine, his tie still knotted just so. No signs of a scuffle. No signs of struggle. Just
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags524
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences1829
tagDensity0.286
leniency0.573
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
99.77% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount44017
totalAiIsmAdverbs2
found
0
adverb"sharply"
count1
1
adverb"carefully"
count1
highlights
0"sharply"
1"carefully"
100.00% AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
100.00% AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
69.78% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount44017
totalAiIsms266
found
0
word"weight"
count2
1
word"flickered"
count1
2
word"scanning"
count1
3
word"pulse"
count1
4
word"etched"
count1
5
word"pristine"
count260
highlights
0"weight"
1"flickered"
2"scanning"
3"pulse"
4"etched"
5"pristine"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches0
maxInWindow0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences6551
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences6551
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences7856
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen29
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans263
markdownWords265
totalWords44009
ratio0.006
matches
0"Camden Road"
1"rules"
2"keys"
3"other things"
4"taken"
5"taken"
6"taken"
7"taken"
8"taken"
9"taken"
10"taken"
11"taken"
12"taken"
13"taken"
14"taken"
15"taken"
16"taken"
17"taken"
18"taken"
19"taken"
20"taken"
21"taken"
22"taken"
23"taken"
24"taken"
25"taken"
26"taken"
27"taken"
28"taken"
29"taken"
30"taken"
31"taken"
32"taken"
33"taken"
34"taken"
35"taken"
36"taken"
37"taken"
38"taken"
39"taken"
40"taken"
41"taken"
42"taken"
43"taken"
44"taken"
45"taken"
46"taken"
47"taken"
48"taken"
49"taken"
50"taken"
51"taken"
52"taken"
53"taken"
54"taken"
55"taken"
56"taken"
57"taken"
58"taken"
59"taken"
60"taken"
61"taken"
62"taken"
63"taken"
64"taken"
65"taken"
66"taken"
67"taken"
68"taken"
69"taken"
70"taken"
71"taken"
72"taken"
73"taken"
74"taken"
75"taken"
76"taken"
77"taken"
78"taken"
79"taken"
80"taken"
81"taken"
82"taken"
83"taken"
84"taken"
85"taken"
86"taken"
87"taken"
88"taken"
89"taken"
90"taken"
91"taken"
92"taken"
93"taken"
94"taken"
95"taken"
96"taken"
97"taken"
98"taken"
99"taken"
100"taken"
101"taken"
102"taken"
103"taken"
104"taken"
105"taken"
106"taken"
107"taken"
108"taken"
109"taken"
110"taken"
111"taken"
112"taken"
113"taken"
114"taken"
115"taken"
116"taken"
117"taken"
118"taken"
119"taken"
120"taken"
121"taken"
122"taken"
123"taken"
124"taken"
125"taken"
126"taken"
127"taken"
128"taken"
129"taken"
130"taken"
131"taken"
132"taken"
133"taken"
134"taken"
135"taken"
136"taken"
137"taken"
138"taken"
139"taken"
140"taken"
141"taken"
142"taken"
143"taken"
144"taken"
145"taken"
146"taken"
147"taken"
148"taken"
149"taken"
150"taken"
151"taken"
152"taken"
153"taken"
154"taken"
155"taken"
156"taken"
157"taken"
158"taken"
159"taken"
160"taken"
161"taken"
162"taken"
163"taken"
164"taken"
165"taken"
166"taken"
167"taken"
168"taken"
169"taken"
170"taken"
171"taken"
172"taken"
173"taken"
174"taken"
175"taken"
176"taken"
177"taken"
178"taken"
179"taken"
180"taken"
181"taken"
182"taken"
183"taken"
184"taken"
185"taken"
186"taken"
187"taken"
188"taken"
189"taken"
190"taken"
191"taken"
192"taken"
193"taken"
194"taken"
195"taken"
196"taken"
197"taken"
198"taken"
199"taken"
200"taken"
201"taken"
202"taken"
203"taken"
204"taken"
205"taken"
206"taken"
207"taken"
208"taken"
209"taken"
210"taken"
211"taken"
212"taken"
213"taken"
214"taken"
215"taken"
216"taken"
217"taken"
218"taken"
219"taken"
220"taken"
221"taken"
222"taken"
223"taken"
224"taken"
225"taken"
226"taken"
227"taken"
228"taken"
229"taken"
230"taken"
231"taken"
232"taken"
233"taken"
234"taken"
235"taken"
236"taken"
237"taken"
238"taken"
239"taken"
240"taken"
241"taken"
242"taken"
243"taken"
244"taken"
245"taken"
246"taken"
247"taken"
248"taken"
249"taken"
250"taken"
251"taken"
252"taken"
253"taken"
254"taken"
255"taken"
256"taken"
257"taken"
258"taken"
259"taken"
260"taken"
261"taken"
262"taken"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions1045
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
7.99% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions3401
wordCount36933
uniqueNames11
maxNameDensity2.84
worstName"Quinn"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Quinn"
discoveredNames
Tube1
Quinn1049
Kowalski1
Eva788
Veil1
Market1
Fresh520
Wet260
Like260
Thinner260
Darker260
persons
0"Quinn"
1"Kowalski"
2"Eva"
3"Like"
places(empty)
globalScore0.08
windowScore0.5
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences2635
glossingSentenceCount1
matches
0"looked like it had been pressed within th"
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches0
per1kWords0
wordCount44009
matches(empty)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences7856
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs2094
mean21.02
std16.93
cv0.805
sampleLengths
069
187
261
328
491
538
614
770
89
935
1016
1113
1213
1363
1417
154
1649
1710
187
1923
207
2147
229
2311
2450
2510
267
2723
287
2947
309
3111
3250
3310
344
3523
3613
3747
389
3911
4050
4110
424
4323
4413
4547
469
4711
4850
4910
90.91% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount268
totalSentences6551
matches
0"was supposed"
1"been painted"
2"were tucked"
3"been pressed"
4"been drained"
5"was etched"
6"been scattered"
7"were broken"
8"been dragged"
9"been dragged"
10"been dragged"
11"been dragged"
12"been dragged"
13"been dragged"
14"been dragged"
15"been dragged"
16"been dragged"
17"been dragged"
18"been dragged"
19"been dragged"
20"been dragged"
21"been dragged"
22"been dragged"
23"been dragged"
24"been dragged"
25"been dragged"
26"been dragged"
27"been dragged"
28"been dragged"
29"been dragged"
30"been dragged"
31"been dragged"
32"been dragged"
33"been dragged"
34"been dragged"
35"been dragged"
36"been dragged"
37"been dragged"
38"been dragged"
39"been dragged"
40"been dragged"
41"been dragged"
42"been dragged"
43"been dragged"
44"been dragged"
45"been dragged"
46"been dragged"
47"been dragged"
48"been dragged"
49"been dragged"
50"been dragged"
51"been dragged"
52"been dragged"
53"been dragged"
54"been dragged"
55"been dragged"
56"been dragged"
57"been dragged"
58"been dragged"
59"been dragged"
60"been dragged"
61"been dragged"
62"been dragged"
63"been dragged"
64"been dragged"
65"been dragged"
66"been dragged"
67"been dragged"
68"been dragged"
69"been dragged"
70"been dragged"
71"been dragged"
72"been dragged"
73"been dragged"
74"been dragged"
75"been dragged"
76"been dragged"
77"been dragged"
78"been dragged"
79"been dragged"
80"been dragged"
81"been dragged"
82"been dragged"
83"been dragged"
84"been dragged"
85"been dragged"
86"been dragged"
87"been dragged"
88"been dragged"
89"been dragged"
90"been dragged"
91"been dragged"
92"been dragged"
93"been dragged"
94"been dragged"
95"been dragged"
96"been dragged"
97"been dragged"
98"been dragged"
99"been dragged"
100"been dragged"
101"been dragged"
102"been dragged"
103"been dragged"
104"been dragged"
105"been dragged"
106"been dragged"
107"been dragged"
108"been dragged"
109"been dragged"
110"been dragged"
111"been dragged"
112"been dragged"
113"been dragged"
114"been dragged"
115"been dragged"
116"been dragged"
117"been dragged"
118"been dragged"
119"been dragged"
120"been dragged"
121"been dragged"
122"been dragged"
123"been dragged"
124"been dragged"
125"been dragged"
126"been dragged"
127"been dragged"
128"been dragged"
129"been dragged"
130"been dragged"
131"been dragged"
132"been dragged"
133"been dragged"
134"been dragged"
135"been dragged"
136"been dragged"
137"been dragged"
138"been dragged"
139"been dragged"
140"been dragged"
141"been dragged"
142"been dragged"
143"been dragged"
144"been dragged"
145"been dragged"
146"been dragged"
147"been dragged"
148"been dragged"
149"been dragged"
150"been dragged"
151"been dragged"
152"been dragged"
153"been dragged"
154"been dragged"
155"been dragged"
156"been dragged"
157"been dragged"
158"been dragged"
159"been dragged"
160"been dragged"
161"been dragged"
162"been dragged"
163"been dragged"
164"been dragged"
165"been dragged"
166"been dragged"
167"been dragged"
168"been dragged"
169"been dragged"
170"been dragged"
171"been dragged"
172"been dragged"
173"been dragged"
174"been dragged"
175"been dragged"
176"been dragged"
177"been dragged"
178"been dragged"
179"been dragged"
180"been dragged"
181"been dragged"
182"been dragged"
183"been dragged"
184"been dragged"
185"been dragged"
186"been dragged"
187"been dragged"
188"been dragged"
189"been dragged"
190"been dragged"
191"been dragged"
192"been dragged"
193"been dragged"
194"been dragged"
195"been dragged"
196"been dragged"
197"been dragged"
198"been dragged"
199"been dragged"
200"been dragged"
201"been dragged"
202"been dragged"
203"been dragged"
204"been dragged"
205"been dragged"
206"been dragged"
207"been dragged"
208"been dragged"
209"been dragged"
210"been dragged"
211"been dragged"
212"been dragged"
213"been dragged"
214"been dragged"
215"been dragged"
216"been dragged"
217"been dragged"
218"been dragged"
219"been dragged"
220"been dragged"
221"been dragged"
222"been dragged"
223"been dragged"
224"been dragged"
225"been dragged"
226"been dragged"
227"been dragged"
228"been dragged"
229"been dragged"
230"been dragged"
231"been dragged"
232"been dragged"
233"been dragged"
234"been dragged"
235"been dragged"
236"been dragged"
237"been dragged"
238"been dragged"
239"been dragged"
240"been dragged"
241"been dragged"
242"been dragged"
243"been dragged"
244"been dragged"
245"been dragged"
246"been dragged"
247"been dragged"
248"been dragged"
249"been dragged"
250"been dragged"
251"been dragged"
252"been dragged"
253"been dragged"
254"been dragged"
255"been dragged"
256"been dragged"
257"been dragged"
258"been dragged"
259"been dragged"
260"been dragged"
261"been dragged"
262"been dragged"
263"been dragged"
264"been dragged"
265"been dragged"
266"been dragged"
267"been dragged"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs6070
matches(empty)
100.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount7
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences6
totalSentences7856
ratio0.001
matches
0"That was the official line, anyway—the kind of thing they scribbled on yellowed signs and tucked behind rusted gates."
1"The station’s name—*Camden Road*, if the faded sign was to be believed—had long since been painted over, though the letters still bled through in places, ghostly and uneven."
2"A leather satchel sat open beside her, its contents spilling onto the ground—books, a notebook, a half-empty flask of something amber and strong."
3"His face was slack, his skin an unnatural gray, as if he’d been drained of blood—or something worse."
4"The casing was etched with sigils—protective, she thought, though she wasn’t sure."
5"The bone was human—she could tell by the texture, the faint imprint of cartilage where it had once connected to flesh."
79.19% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount36941
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount2356
adverbRatio0.06377737473268184
lyAdverbCount264
lyAdverbRatio0.007146530954765707
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences7856
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences7856
mean5.6
std4.2
cv0.75
sampleLengths
09
119
27
326
44
54
622
720
817
928
109
1116
1213
1323
147
1516
165
173
1816
1927
2018
2113
2214
2315
2412
252
262
277
283
2911
306
318
3213
3312
3410
3512
369
379
383
3913
4010
414
423
431
441
458
468
478
485
499
43.32% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats525
diversityRatio0.00420061099796334
totalSentences7856
uniqueOpeners33
0.75% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount1
totalSentences4466
matches
0"Just the cold, damp weight"
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount1053
totalSentences4466
matches
0"She’d seen the gates, too,"
1"It was just waiting."
2"She stepped over the threshold"
3"Her red curls were tucked"
4"She wore her round glasses"
5"Her voice was steady, but"
6"She moved to stand beside"
7"His face was slack, his"
8"She crouched beside the body,"
9"She turned her attention to"
10"She set it down carefully,"
11"She walked to the far"
12"She picked one up, turning"
13"She walked to the far"
14"She crouched, running her fingers"
15"She stood, brushing the dust"
16"She walked to the body,"
17"She stood, walking to the"
18"She crouched, running her fingers"
19"She stood, brushing the dust"
ratio0.236
76.88% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount3422
totalSentences4466
matches
0"The abandoned Tube station was"
1"That was the official line,"
2"She’d seen the gates, too,"
3"The station wasn’t abandoned."
4"It was just waiting."
5"She stepped over the threshold"
6"The air smelled of wet"
7"The fluorescent lights above flickered,"
8"The station’s name—*Camden Road*, if"
9"Eva Kowalski was already there,"
10"Her red curls were tucked"
11"She wore her round glasses"
12"A leather satchel sat open"
13"Eva said without looking up"
14"Her voice was steady, but"
15"Quinn didn’t answer."
16"She moved to stand beside"
17"The body was that of"
18"His face was slack, his"
19"A single bone token, small"
ratio0.766
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences4466
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences1325
technicalSentenceCount5
matches
0"She stepped over the threshold with the precision of a soldier disembarking from a transport, her boots clicking against the uneven concrete."
1"The air smelled of wet stone and something older, something that clung to the back of her throat like smoke."
2"The fluorescent lights above flickered, casting long, jagged shadows that stretched like fingers across the cracked walls."
3"His face was slack, his skin an unnatural gray, as if he’d been drained of blood—or something worse."
4"The kind of thing that got you past the gates of the Veil Market."
100.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags524
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"Quinn murmured, more to herself than to Eva"
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags524
fancyCount1
fancyTags
0"Quinn murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences1829
tagDensity0.286
leniency0.573
rawRatio0.002
effectiveRatio0.001
85.6198%