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The Scent of Death

last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-07-08 17:41:45

The morning sun filtered through the high glass windows of the mansion, casting golden shards of light across the marble floors.

Birds chirped beyond the garden walls, the air still thick with dew and the musky scent of old roses.

It should have been an ordinary day. Peaceful and predictable.

But the mansion was far from calm.

Servants scrambled through the long corridors like panicked ants, whispers flying on the backs of their breaths. Footsteps echoed down the stone halls.

Doors slammed o
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