Thebody—male—ycurledatoptheremainsofamattress,limbstwistedlikeadiscardeddoll.Firehadobliteratedhisfeatures,leavinghimunreizable.Butthesilhouettematchedthemanager''''''''sportlyframe.HisdentalrecordsandDNAhadalreadybeeoMoxiforverification.

        Whattrulychilled,however,weren''''''''tthecorpse''''''''sbones,buttheroomitself.

        Fouriroillfixedtothescorchedwalls,bedbythebze.Bythebedsatadeformedpstitainer,partiallymeltedfromtheheat.Inside,iigatorsrecoveredahandfulofphotographsthathadsurvivedtheinferno,enoughtomakeLu''''''''scoffeecurdleinhisstomach.

        Backathisdesk,hesiftedthroughthesalvagedimages,whichhadbeencarefullyseparated.Damonhadalsorestructedsomeofthedamagedonesdigitally,stitgdepravitybacktogether,pixelbypixel.

        ItwashardnottoectthisdiscoverywiththepreviousSilverRingandCocase:thephotoswereexplicitshotsofdifferentwomen—mostofthemmid-act.

        Someofthewomenappearedscious,theireyesgzedwithtearss.Otherslimp,unscious,limbsspyedatunnaturangles.

        Everyimageborethesamepredatoryperspective—thephotographer''''''''sown,immortalizinghiscrimes.

        Lu''''''''sexpressiondarkenedashetiosiftthroughtheimages.Theimplicationswerebeingterrifyinglyclear.

        Hisfingersfrozemid-turn—there,iheless-damagedphotos,wasLinisan,theingdy.

        Notthehollow-eyed,pregnantwomanthey''''''''dinterviewed,butayoungerversion—pinhthemanager''''''''sbulk,herfacetwistedinpainorchemically-iupor.Thetimestampintheermarkeditroughlytwo.

        Therumorsuddenlyseemedpusible.

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