Encore with the Devil
“Not constellations of teenage girls, Ms. Cruz. Men who keep their hands in their pockets like they’re used to having something else there.”
I stare.
He swipes.
Another clip. I'm going into a radio station, sunglasses on, hood up. Same men on the corner, smoking, not smoking, watching.
My skin crawls.
“You’re making this up,” I say.
He scrolls back and freezes on a close‑up.
It’s enough resolution to see the tattoo peeking over one man’s collar.
A sigil I don’t recognize.
But he does.
“This one’s with the people who killed my mother,” Kael says. “They don’t watch for fun.”
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