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The Pact

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SKYLA

Xavier opened the door befor i could even bring myself to knock.

His tie was gone, shirt rumpled like hadn't slept in days - or maybe he couldn't. I knew the feeling.

He didn't say a word, and i didn't either. i just stepped inside and handed him the recorder.

Silence stretched between us, brittle as glass. He plugged it into his laptop and hit play without saying a word. The audio crackled for a bit - carl's melodius voice emerged through the speaker. low, smooth, velvety and slick, outling his empire of shadows like a man reading a bedtime story made of blood.

I watched Xavier's face as the audio played, no flicker of surprise, no denial. Just a slow, steady tightening of his jaw.

"He's planning to move my mother," I said, my voice as sharp as a blade. "She's not safe anymore. No one is."

He looked at me fully for the first time since i entered the office, he really looked at me."

I saw the subtle shift in his lazy eye, it was like the storm that had always lived between us st
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