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Rain hammered Blackwood Manor as Inspector Vale arrived before dawn. The front door stood open, though every window remained locked. Inside, the grandfather clock had stopped precisely at midnight, again. On the library carpet, Lord Ashcombe lay beside shattered crystal. No blood marked his shirt, yet his eyes accused everyone. Vale noticed five chairs arranged around the body, all untouched. His pocket watch was missing, but its chain remained attached. Behind him, footsteps creaked softly across the upstairs corridor floorboards. Vale turned, finding only a silver mask watching from darkness. A whisper slipped beneath the door: “You arrived too late.”