Chapter 12 - A Terrifying Warning Left On The Front Porch
While the police officers escorted Claire out to the patrol car in steel handcuffs, Daniel stood alone on the front porch.
He watched the taillights of the cruiser fade down the suburban street as it headed toward the metropolitan precinct.
He turned back toward his house, noticing a small black envelope resting on the wooden welcome mat.
There was no return address or postal stamp, only an unfamiliar crimson wax seal stamped into the heavy paper.
Daniel picked it up with a cautious hand, locked the heavy front door securely, and sliced open the wax seal.
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Inside lay a single photograph of little Lily playing in the backyard earlier that afternoon, alongside a chilling handwritten note:
“You arrested our pawn... but the true master of the estate has just arrived in your city.”
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