Chapter 21 - A Terrifying Final Warning Left On The Desk
Late that night, after Lily had fallen fast asleep in her upstairs bedroom, Arthur returned to the mahogany library.
The house was completely silent, wrapped in the comforting stillness of the midnight hour before a new dawn.
As Arthur walked toward his executive desk to lock his laptop, he noticed a small, unmarked black envelope resting squarely on the blotter.
His heart skipped a beat, knowing that the security system was armed and no human could have breached the room.
He picked up the dark envelope with a trembling hand, tearing open the heavy crimson wax seal to inspect the contents.
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Scrawled across the heavy parchment paper in unfamiliar, precise block letters was a single chilling sentence:
“You stopped the pawns inside your house, Arthur... but the person who owns the mortgage on this entire estate hasn't even played their first move yet.”
