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Detective Sarah Chen arrived at Blackwood Manor just before dawn. The rain had stopped, but the fog clung to everything. Inside the grand foyer, a man's body lay perfectly still. Lord Edmund Ashworth stared upward with sightless, accusing gray eyes. A single candle had burned down beside his outstretched hand. Sarah knelt and noticed something strange about the victim's fingers. They were stained purple, as though he had gripped something. The study door stood open, revealing shelves of leather books. Every clock in the house had stopped at midnight exactly. Sarah heard footsteps above her, slow and deliberately measured sounds. The house had been sealed since servants discovered the body. Someone was still walking upstairs in this house of death. Sarah drew her weapon and moved slowly toward the staircase. The footsteps ceased the moment her hand touched the railing. Silence pressed against her ears like a living, breathing thing. Somewhere in the darkness, someone was watching her every move. Sarah smiled grimly, because the game had finally truly begun.