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At midnight, the bell rang beneath the drowned town square. Inspector Vale arrived carrying one wet glove and no warrant. Inside the clocktower, someone had arranged six chairs facing inward. On the seventh chair rested Mayor Hallow’s severed silver watch. Its hands pointed backward, though its glass remained perfectly clear. Vale heard footsteps above, then laughter below the old floorboards. She drew her pistol, remembering the letter’s final, impossible sentence. “Do not trust the person who arrives alone after midnight.” Then the tower door opened silently, though locked from outside.