KILLIAN The papers were scattered across the living room floor like fallen leaves. Maps, photographs, old case files, handwritten notes—everything I'd gathered on Kane Ashford over the past weeks, spread out in a chaotic circle around me. I knelt in the center of it all, my fists clenched, my jaw tight, my mind racing.Kane was never a person. He was never born, never lived, never existed.My father's words echoed in my head, over and over, until I thought I'd go mad.Not real. How could someone be not real? He had a face, an identity, a history. He had practiced as a therapist for years. He had treated dozens of patients, built a reputation, made a life. How could all of that be nothing?But the file didnt lie. Kane Ashford indeed died. I picked up a photograph, one of the few we'd found of Kane in his office. His face stared back at me, handsome, professional, utterly ordinary. There was nothing remarkable about him. Nothing to suggest the monster beneath.If he's not real, then w
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