Silent Flame
“No sender listed, no return mark, nothing.”
Evelyn picked it up, noting the slight weight inside. She unfolded the flap with careful fingers, drawing out a single black-and-white photograph. Her breath slowed when she saw what it captured: herself, standing outside her old apartment building, the one that had burned weeks earlier. She recognized the coat she had been wearing that evening, remembered fumbling for her keys, never realizing someone was watching.
On the back, in a neat, deliberate script, were the words: You are not the only one who can set traps.
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