Run: 2026-07-09-01KX41MQQA7YX5AHXECR2A3DEE

Rain polished the manor windows while Inspector Vale examined footprints ending abruptly beneath the locked library door before dawn that morning. Inside, Lord Harrow sat upright at his desk, smiling faintly, with a silver letter opener piercing his tailored evening coat. Every clock in the room showed midnight, although the grandfather clock downstairs had just finished striking half past two loudly. On the carpet, a single white feather rested beside muddy boots belonging to no guest present in the house that night. Vale noticed the victim's final note contained four words: Ask Eleanor why the ravens returned before the winter snows arrived. Behind him, someone whispered Eleanor's name, and every candle suddenly went dark except the one beside Lord Harrow's cold hand.